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Russian Ministry of Defense:  Up to 1,965 Ukrainian casualties in 24 hours

Russian Federation Armed Forces continue the special military operation. The units of the Sever Group of Forces in Liptsy and Volchansk directions hit formations of the 57th Motorised Infantry Brigade and the 113th Territorial Defence Brigade of the AFU near Volchansk and Liptsy (Kharkov region). The enemy lost up to 70 troops and four motor vehicles. The Zapad Group of Forces liberated Makeyevka

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Ukrainian General Staff: About 1,170 Russian casualties in 24 hours; 47 Russian tanks and APC’s destroyed or disabled

The estimated total combat losses of the enemy from 24.02.22 to 29.09.24: personnel: about 651810 (+1170) personstanks: 8869 (+9)troop-carrying AFVs: 17476 (+38)artillery systems: 18795 (+62) MLRS: 1204 (+1)anti-aircraft systems: 962 (+1) aircraft: 369 (+0)helicopters: 328 (+0)UAVs operational-tactical level: 16186 (+93)cruise missiles: 2610 (+0)warships / boats: 28 (+0)submarines: 1 (+0)vehicles and fuel tanks: 25495 (+84)special equipment: 3297 (+6)

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Uninhabited inroads in Myanmar’s civil war

Myanmar’s military is upping its use of uninhabited aerial vehicles (UAVs) after suffering heavy losses from opposition forces’ use of the capability. Having purchased UAVs from China and Russia, the regime is now integrating these systems into its arsenal and its training syllabus. After suffering multiple defeats at the hands

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Myanmar rebels reject embattled junta’s peace offer

Rebel groups have rejected a peace offer from Myanmar’s embattled junta, which is reeling from battlefield losses and defections in a civil war that has dragged on for more than three years. This is dictatorship’s first such outreach since it seized power in 2021. It also comes after a ceasefire

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Russian Ministry of Defense: up to 1,990 Ukrainian casualties in 24 hours

Yesterday, the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation delivered a group strike by long-range precision weaponry, Kinzhal hypersonic air-launched ballistic missile, and attack unmanned aerial vehicles at the AFU airfield infrastructure. The goal of the strike has been achieved. All the assigned targets have been engaged. In Liptsy and Volchansk

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Ukrainian General Staff: about 1,470 Russian casualties in 24 hours; 56 Russian tanks or APCs destroyed or disabled

The estimated total combat losses of the enemy from 24.02.22 to 28.09.24: personnel: about 650640 (+1470) personstanks: 8860 (+14)troop-carrying AFVs: 17438 (+42)artillery systems: 18733 (+55)MLRS: 1203 (+4)anti-aircraft systems: 961 (+0)aircraft: 369 (+0)helicopters: 328 (+0)UAVs operational-tactical level: 16093 (+62)cruise missiles:  2610 (+2)warships / boats: 28 (+0)submarines: 1 (+0)vehicles and fuel tanks: 25411 (+0)special equipment: 3291 (+99)

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September 30, 2024

Russian Ministry of Defense:  Up to 1,965 Ukrainian casualties in 24 hours

Russian Defense Ministry

Russian Federation Armed Forces continue the special military operation.

▫️The units of the Sever Group of Forces in Liptsy and Volchansk directions hit formations of the 57th Motorised Infantry Brigade and the 113th Territorial Defence Brigade of the AFU near Volchansk and Liptsy (Kharkov region).

The enemy lost up to 70 troops and four motor vehicles.

▫️The Zapad Group of Forces liberated Makeyevka of the Lugansk People’s Republic. Russian units engaged manpower and materiel of 44th, 53rd mechanised brigades, 3rd Assault Brigade of the AFU, 117th Territorial Defence Brigade near Kupyansk (Kharkov region), Makeyevka (Lugansk People’s Republic), Grigorovka and Torskoye (Donetsk People’s Republic).Russian units repelled a counter-attack of an AFU assault detachment.

The enemy’s losses are up to 450 troops, nine motor vehicles, a Polish-made 155-mm Krab self-propelled artillery system, a U.S.-made 155-mm M198 howitzer, a UK-made 155-mm FH-70 howitzer, a 152-mm D-20 gun, a 122-mm Gvozdika self-propelled artillery system, two 122-mm D-30 howitzers, a UK-made 105-mm L-119 howitzer. 

Three ammunition depots were wiped out.

▫️The Yug Group of Forces took more advantageous lines, inflicted damage on formations of the 54th Mechanised Brigade of the AFU, 18th Brigade of the National Guard and International Legion near Konstantinovka and Seversk (Donetsk People’s Republic). In addition, three counter-attacks launched by the enemy’s assault detachments were repelled.

The AFU lost up to 610 troops, nine motor vehicles, a UK-made 155-mm FH-70 howitzer, two 152-mm D-20 guns, a 152-mm Msta-B howitzer, three 122-mm D-30 howitzers, two UK-made 105-mm L-119 howitzers, and a Bukovel-AD EW station. Four AFU field ammunition depots were destroyed

▫️The Tsentr Group of Forces improved tactical situation, inflicted damage on manpower and materiel of the 24th, 67th, 110th, 151st mechanised brigades, 25th Airborne Brigade of the AFU, and 119th Territorial Defence Brigade near Aleksandro-Kalinivo, Dachenskoye, Gornyak, Tarasovka, Kurakhovo, and Krasnoarmeysk (Donetsk People’s Republic).

Four counter-attacks launched by AFU assault detachments were repelled.

The AFU losses amounted to up to 620 troops, a tanktwo armoured fighting vehicles, five motor vehicles, two 152-mm D-20 guns, a 152-mm Msta-B howitzer, four 122-mm D-30 howitzers. One ammunition depot was wiped out.

▫️The Vostok Group of Forces inflicted damage on manpower and materiel of the 72nd Mechanised Brigade of the AFU and 21st National Guard Brigade near Dobrovolye and Velikaya Novoselka (Donetsk People’s Republic). One counter-attack launched by an AFU assault group was repelled.

The AFU losses amounted to up to 135 troops, one tank, an infantry fighting vehiclenine motor vehicles, and a French-made 155-mm Caesar howitzer. One ammunition depot was wiped out.

▫️The Dnepr Group of Forces damaged formations of the 35th Marine Brigade, 123rd Territorial Defence Brigade, and 15th National Guard Brigade near Kopani, Malaya Tokmachka (Zaporozhye region), and Kotlyarovo(Nikolayev region).

The AFU losses were up to 80 troops, a tank, an infantry fighting vehiclefour motor vehicles, a German-made IRIS-T SAM radar.

Three ammunition depots were wiped out.

▫️️Operational-Tactical Aviation, unmanned aerial vehicles, and Missile Troops and Artillery of the Russian Groups of Forces engaged two oil industry facilities, a centre of signal intelligence, clusters of manpower and military hardware in 136 areas,

▫️Air defence units shot down a French-made Hammer guided air-dropped bomb and 172 fixed-wing unmanned aerial vehicles. 

▫️In total, since the beginning of the special military operation, 646 aircraft, 283 helicopters, 32,503 unmanned aerial vehicles, 579 anti-aircraft missile systems, 18,454 tanks and other armoured fighting vehicles, 1,469 MLRS combat vehicles, 15,370 field artillery guns and mortars, and 26,695 units of support military vehicles have been neutralised.

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