The Russian defense announced that on Thursday night it launched a precision strike against the temporary deployment of Ukrainian forces and foreign mercenaries, as well as warehouses with Western military armor, accurately hitting all targets.
Daily report of the Russian Ministry of Defense on the progress of the special operation in Ukraine.
Russian forces launched a concentrated sea-launched strike with long-range precision weapons against temporary deployments of Ukrainian forces and foreign mercenaries, as well as armored depots and Western armored vehicles, and against all designated targets. were accurately hit and inflicted heavy losses on the strategic reserves of the enemy.
- All attempts of the Ukrainian offensive in the Donetsk, Krasnolimansk and Kubyan directions were repulsed.
- 9 Ukrainian attacks were repulsed in the Donetsk direction, the base for gathering Ukrainian forces in Klychevka was destroyed, as a result of actions in the direction, up to 385 Ukrainian servicemen were neutralized, and 2 additional D-20 guns were destroyed. for a Polish-made Krab self-propelled artillery mount.
- Four attacks were repulsed in the Krasnolimansk direction in the Donetsk and Luhansk regions, the activities of two Ukrainian sabotage and reconnaissance groups in Luhansk were disrupted, the enemy’s losses in this direction amounted to more than 90 killed and wounded Ukrainian soldiers and the destruction of their military equipment.
- In the southern Donetsk and Zaporizhia directions, our forces attacked the Ukrainian concentration centers in Donetsk, disrupted the activities of two Ukrainian sabotage groups in Zaporozhye and Donetsk, and killed up to 165 Ukrainian servicemen and one American-made air base in these directions. A Stryker armored car, a French-made Cezar self-propelled howitzer, and a Gvozdika self-propelled artillery mount were destroyed.
- In the Kobyanka direction, our troops repulsed the attack of Ukrainian troops in Lugansk, and enemy units were defeated in Kharkov and Lugansk. In addition to the disruption of the Novoselovskaya sabotage and reconnaissance group in Luhansk, as a result of actions in this direction, up to 40 Ukrainian servicemen were killed and an American-made M777 artillery system was destroyed.
Up to 130 Ukrainian fighters were neutralized in the Kherson direction, self-propelled howitzers “Gvozdika” were destroyed.
Three command posts of the 118th Regional Defense Brigade, the 10th Mountain Assault Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and the 4th National Guard Brigade were damaged in Donetsk.
Our air defense shot down two Ukrainian Su-25 fighters in Donetsk.
Four Storm Shadow cruise missiles were intercepted as well as four HIMARS missiles.
Fifteen Ukrainian marches were destroyed in Lugansk, Donetsk and Kherson.
Source: Russian Ministry of Defense.