️ Russian Defence Ministry report on the progress of the special military operation
(Today in the morning, the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation have delivered a group strike by long-range air- and sea-based precision weaponry and attack UAVs at the critical infrastructure of the power infrastructure of the Ukrainian defence industry. All the assigned targets have been engaged.
In Volchansk and Liptsy directions, units of the Sever Group of Forces inflicted losses on formations of the AFU 82nd Air Assault Brigade, 36th Marine Brigade, 13th and 17th national guard brigades near Glubokoye, Liptsy, Volchanskiye Khutora (Kharkov region) and Pokrovka (Sumy region).
The enemy lost up to 90 troops, two motor vehicles, one 152-mm D-20 gun, two 122-mm D-30 howitzers, and two counter-battery warfare stations.
The units of the Zapad Group of Forces improved the tactical situation, inflicted losses on manpower and hardware of the 30th, 44th, 67th, 115th, and 116th mechanised brigades, 4th Tank Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, 110th and 241st territorial defence brigades near Sinkovka, Petropalovka, Tabayevka (Kharkov region), Stelmakhovka, Makeyevka, Nevskoye (Lugansk People’s Republic), Torskoye (Donetsk People’s Republic), and Serebryansky forestry. The Zapad Group of Forces also repelled four counter-attacks of 1st, 4th national guard brigades and 12th Azov Special Operations Brigade.
The enemy losses are as follows: 480 troops, one tank, one Kozak armoured fighting vehicle, and ten motor vehicles.
In counter battery warfare, the Russian units engaged five 155-mm howitzers including one M198, two US-made M777, and two UK-made FH-70 howitzers, as well as one 122-mm Gvozdika self-propelled artillery system.
Moreover, Russian forces destroyed three field ammunition depots, three EW stations, and one counter-battery warfare station.
The Yug Group of Forces seized favourable lines and inflicted losses on manpower and materiel of 23rd, 28th, 93rd mechanised brigades, 5th Tank Brigade, 56th Motorised Infantry Brigade, 143rd and 144th infantry brigades, 5th, 10th, 80th assault brigades of the AFU, and 109th, 117th territorial defence brigades near Verkhnekamenskoye, Pereyezdnoye, Grigorovka, Chasov Yar, Dyleyevka, Krasnogorovka, Konstantinovka, and Uspenovka (Donetsk People’s Republic). The Russian forces repelled one counter-attack launched by an assault detachment of the AFU 8th Mountain Assault Brigade.
The enemy lost up to 570 troops, one armoured fighting vehicle, seven motor vehicles, four 155-mm howitzers including one U.S.-made M777 and three UK-made FH-70, one 152-mm Msta-B howitzer, one 152-mm D-20 gun, and three 122-mm D-30 guns.
For 24 hours, the enemy has lost two EW stations and four field ammunition depots.
The Tsentr Group of Forces went on advancing to the depth of hostile defence. The Group inflicted losses on formations of 31st, 32nd, 47th,100th, 151st mechanised brigades, 1st Tank Brigade, 95th air-assault brigades of the AFU, 111th, 122nd territorial defence brigades, 14th and 15th national guard brigades near Dzerzhinsk, Tarasovka, Zhuravka, Vozdvizhenka, Novozhelannoye, and Yasnobrodovka (Donetsk People’s Republic). The Russian troops repelled seven counter-attacks of the 53rd, 150th mechanised brigades, 68th Jaeger Brigade, 25th Airborne Brigade, and Lyut Assault Brigade of the Ukrainian National Police.
The enemy losses amounted to 585 troops, three tanks, one German-made Marder infantry fighting vehicle, one armoured personnel carrier, two 152-mm D-20 guns, two 122-mm Gvozdika self-propelled systems, three 122-mm D-30 howitzers, and one U.S.-made 105-mm M119 gun.
The Vostok Group of Forces improved the tactical situation, inflicted losses on manpower and materiel of 61st Mechanised Brigade, 58th Motorised Infantry Brigade of the AFU, 123rd and 128th territorial defence brigades near Vodyanoye, Ugledar, Prechistovka, and Neskuchnoye (Donetsk People’s Republic). The Russian units repelled two counter-attacks launched by the AFU 72nd Mechanised Brigade.
The enemy lost up to 135 troops, five motor vehicles, and one 122-mm D-30 howitzer.
The Dnepr Group of Forces inflicted damage on the AFU 128th Mountain Assault Brigade, 37th Marine Brigade, 124th Territorial Defence Brigade near Malye Shcherbaki (Zaporozhye region), Sablukovka, Tokarevka (Kherson region), and Kherson.
The enemy losses are up to 70 servicemen, five motor vehicles, one 152-mm D-20 gun, and one EW station.
Operational-Tactical and Army aviation, unmanned aerial vehicles, and Missile Troops and Artillery of the Russian Groups of Forces have destroyed twoAFU UAV workshops, as well as engaged AFU manpower and hardware clusters in 143 areas.
Russian air defence units have downed one French-made Hammer guided aerial bomb, four U.S.-made HIMARS MLRS projectiles, and 58 UAVs.
In total, since the beginning of the special military operation, 640 aircraft, 283 helicopters, 30,533 unmanned aerial vehicles, 575 anti-aircraft missile systems, 17,574 tanks and other armoured fighting vehicles, 1,425 MLRS combat vehicles, 13,677 field artillery guns and mortars, and 25,234 units of support military vehicles have been neutralised.