The Russian Defense Ministry reported that it prevented attempts by Ukrainian forces to attack in several directions and eliminated about 200 militants, as well as destroyed many Ukrainian military facilities and dropped 3 drones.
The daily report on the conduct of the Russian special military operation in Ukraine stated:
- In the Kobyansk direction, an attempt by Ukrainian troops to advance in the Novoselovsky direction of the Luhansk People’s Republic was thwarted. More than 30 Ukrainian servicemen and their military equipment were liquidated.
- In the direction of Krasny Limansk, an attempt by two tactical groups of the Armed Forces of Ukraine to attack Kolomochikha and Bolshanka in the Lugansk Republic was thwarted, the Ukrainian army lost more than 40 people killed and wounded, military equipment was destroyed.
- In the Donetsk direction, our forces repulsed counterattacks of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the areas of Belogorivka, Yakovlevka and Klichevka, as a result of which up to 70 Ukrainian servicemen were killed, three tanks and two armored vehicles were destroyed.
- In the direction south of Donetsk, attempts by Ukrainian troops to advance in the areas of Novomiilovka and Nikolskoye in the Donetsk People’s Republic were thwarted, and an attempt by Ukrainian troops to attack Russian positions near the village of Vremivka was repelled. The Ukrainian army suffered losses in its ranks, including 40 killed and wounded Ukrainians. It also destroyed a tank, two infantry fighting vehicles and five pickup trucks.
- Our forces destroyed five command posts of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the areas of Chuguevsky, Kharkiv, Seversky, Kramatorsk, Yampolsky and Redkodubsky districts of the Donetsk People’s Republic, a point of temporary deployment of an extremist formation in the Elino-Konstantinovsky district of the Zaporozhye region. area, and 56 artillery installations were destroyed at firing positions in different areas.
- An ammunition depot for a HIMARS missile launcher was destroyed near the village of Kochozhum, Zaporozhye region.
- Our forces attacked two Ukrainian vehicles of the Grad multiple launch rocket system at a firing position near the village of Liptsy, Kharkiv region.
- Our air defense systems shot down three drones near the village of Chervoe Chaban, Kherson region, and intercepted four HIMARS multiplex missiles near the village of Mirnoye, Kherson region.
Source: RT