July 14, 2024

Russian Ministry of Defense: Up to 1,335 Ukrainian troops killed or wounded in 24 hours

Russian Defense Ministry

The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation continue the special military operation.

▫️The units of the Sever Group of Forces hit manpower and hardware of 31st mechanised and 92nd assault brigades of the AFU, 34th, 36th marine brigades, 116th, 117th, 125th, 129th territorial defence brigades close to Zhuravka, Miropolye, Konstantinovka (Sumy region), Volchansk, Liptsy, Tikhoye, Volchanskiye Khutora, and Staritsa (Kharkov region). Russian troops have repelled two attacks by assault detachments of the 57th Motorised Infantry Brigade of the AFU.

The enemy losses were up to 150 troops, five pickup trucks, one U.S.-made 155-mm M777 howitzer, two 152-mm D-20 guns, and six 122-mm D-30 howitzers.

▫️The units of the Zapad Group of Forces have taken more advantageous lines and defeated formations of 14th, 44th, 63rd, 115th, 116th mechanised brigades of the AFU, 107th and 112th territorial defence brigades and the 12th Azov Special Operations Brigade near Kupyansk, Sinkovka, Tabayevka (Kharkov region), Petrovskoye, Chervonaya Dibrova, Makeyevka (Lugansk People’s Republic), and Serebryanka (Donetsk People’s Republic).

The enemy losses were up to 520 troops, four motor vehicles, 155-mm howitzers: one U.S.-made M777 howitzer, one U.S.-made M198 howitzer, and one UK-made FH-70 howitzer, two UK-made 105-mm L-119 howitzers, one U.S.-made 105-mm M119 gun, one Anklav-N electronic warfare station, and one ammunition depot.

▫️The units of the Yug Group of Forces have improved their position along the front line and defeated manpower and hardware of 24th, 54th, 72nd, 93rd mechanised, 56th motorised infantry, 46th airmobile, and 10th mountain assault brigades, the 80th Airborne Assault Brigade of the AFU near Seversk, Grigorovka, Pereyezdnoye, Zvanovka, Kalinina, Predtechino, Andreyevka, Verkhnekamenskoye, and Chasov Yar (Donetsk People’s Republic). Russian troops have repelled three attacks by units of the enemy 5th Assault Brigade. 

The AFU losses were up to 450 servicemen, two U.S.-made M113 armoured personnel carriers, one U.S.-made HMMWV armoured fighting vehicle, and nine motor vehicles.

In the course of counter-battery warfare, U.S.-made 155-mm M109 Paladin and Polish-made Krab self-propelled artillery systems, one U.S.-made 155-mm M777 howitzer, three 152-mm D-20 guns, three U.S.-made 105-mm M119 guns. 

In addition, one Anklav electronic warfare station, one U.S.-made AN/TPQ-50 counter-battery radar station, and six ammunition depots have been destroyed.

▫️The units of the Tsentr Group of Forces have improved their tactical position and defeated formations of 47th, 59th, 110th mechanised, 57th motorised infantry brigades of the AFU and the 109th Territorial Defence Brigade near Novgorodskoye, Rozovka, 

Lozovatskoye, Tarasovka, Novosyolovka Pervaya, and Toretsk (Donetsk People’s Republic).

In addition, six counterattacks by units of the Lyut Assault Brigade, 31st, 32nd, 151st mechanised, 68th jaeger brigades, and the 425th Separate Assault Battalion of the AFU have been repelled.

Th enemy losses were up to 300 troops, three armoured fighting vehicles, eight motor vehicles, one U.S.-made 155-mm M777 howitzer, two 152-mm Msta-B howitzers, two 122-mm D-30 howitzers, three U.S.-made 105-mm M119 guns, and one 122-mm Grad multiple-launch rocket system.

▫️As a result of successful operations, units of the Vostok Group of Forces have taken Urozhaynoye (Donetsk People’s Republic). Russian troops are clearing and demining it. 

In addition, 72nd mechanised, 58th motorised infantry, 1st tank brigades of the AFU, and the 128th Territorial Defence Brigade have been hit near Vodyanoye, Prechistovka, Veliaya Novosyolka, and Makarovka (Donetsk People’s Republic).

Russian troops have repelled two counterattacks by assault detachments of the 123rd Territorial Defence Brigade.

The AFU losses were up to 155 servicemen, four motor vehicles, one U.S.-made 155-mm M777 howitzer, five 155-mm U.K.-made FH-70 howitzers, and one 152-mm D-20 gun.

▫️The units of the Dnepr Group of Forces have defeated manpower and hardware of 65th mechanised and 128th mountain assault brigades of the AFU, the 35th Marine Brigade, and the 23rd National Guard Brigade close to Tokarevka (Kherson region), Novokamenka (Dnepropetrovsk region), Nesteryanka, Pyatikhatki, and north of Rabotino (Zaporozhye region).

The AFU losses were up to 70 servicemen, four motor vehicles, U.S.-made M777 and U.S.-made 155-mm M198 howitzers, and one 152-mm D-20 gun. 

In addition, one Plastun electronic reconnaissance station, one Israeli-made RADA RPS-42 air reconnaissance radar station, and four field ammunition depots have been destroyed.

▫️Operational-Tactical Aviation, unmanned aerial vehicles, and Missile Troops and Artillery of the Russian Groups of Forces have defeated one railway echelon with manpower and military hardware of the Armed Forces of Ukraine at an unloading station, combat positions of the German-made IRIS-T surface-to-air missile system, and one Pechora surface-to-air missile system division of the 160th Air Defence Brigade of the AFU. 

As a result of the strikes, the enemy losses were over 140 military personnel, five armoured combat vehicles, 15 motor vehicles, one German-made IRIS-T surface-to-air missile system launcher, three S-125 Pechora surface-to-air missile system, one German-made TRML-4D multifunctional radar, and one target illumination and guidance radar station, as well as manpower and military hardware in 129 areas.

▫️Air defence facilities have shot down 33 unmanned aerial vehicles and ten U.S.-made HIMARS projectiles.

📊 In total, 627 airplanes, 277 helicopters, 27,586 unmanned aerial vehicles, 551 air defence missile systems, 16,578 tanks and other armoured fighting vehicles, 1,377 fighting vehicles equipped with MLRS, 11,885 field artillery cannons and mortars, as well as 23,686 special military motor vehicles have been destroyed during the special military operation.

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