November 16, 2024

Russian Ministry of Defense: up to 1,775 Ukrainian casualties in the last day

Russian Defense Ministry

defeated formations of foreign mercenaries, manpower, and hardware of 122nd and 125th territorial defence brigades near Veliky Burluk, Malye Prokhody, and Volchansk (Kharkov region).

The AFU losses were up to 70 troops, four 152-mm D-20 howitzers, and three 122-mm D-30 howitzers. Two ammunition depots have been wiped out.

▫️The units of the Zapad Group of Forces have taken more advantageous lines and positions. Russian troops have hit AFU 63rd, 67th mechanised brigades, and the 109th Territorial Defence Brigade near Kirovsk, Terny, and Krasny Liman (Donetsk People’s Republic).

Two counter-attacks launched by assault detachments of AFU’s 14th and 28th mechanised brigades have been repelled.

The AFU losses were up to 440 troops, one infantry fighting vehicle, one U.S.-made M113 armoured personnel carrier, nine motor vehicles, one Partizan multiple-launch rocket system, one Polish-made 155-mm Krab self-propelled artillery system, one 122-mm Gvozdika self-propelled artillery system, and two U.S.-made 105-mm M119 guns. Three ammunition depots have been wiped out.

▫️The units of the Yug Group of Forces have improved the tactical position. Russian troops have inflicted fire damage on 24th, 54th, 110th mechanised brigades, 46th and 77th airmobile brigades of the AFU near Slavyansk, Seversk, Dachnoye, Andreyevka, Dobrovolye, and Kurakhovo (Donetsk People’s Republic). 

Two counter-attacks launched by enemy assault detachments have been repelled. 

The AFU losses were up to 625 troops, three motor vehicles, and two 122-mm D-30 howitzers. Two electronic warfare stations and one ammunition depot have been eliminated.

▫️As a result of successful offensive actions, the units of the Tsentr Group of Forces have liberated Leninskoye (Donetsk People’s Republic).

Russian troops have delivered strikes at manpower and hardware of 24th, 42nd, 117th mechanised brigades, 68th, 71st, 152nd jaeger brigades, and the 35th Marine Brigade near Petrovka, Dyleyevka, Selidovo, Ilyinka, Novogrodovka, and Novodmitrovka (Donetsk People’s Republic). 

Four counter-attacks of AFU assault detachments have been repelled.

The AFU losses were more than 370 troops, one infantry fighting vehicle, five armoured fighting vehicles, five motor vehicles, two 152-mm Msta-B howitzers, three 122-mm D-30 howitzers, and one 100-mm Rapira anti-tank gun.

Russian troops have delivered strikes at manpower and hardware of 113th, 117th, and 129th territorial defence brigades near Razliv, Velikaya Novosyolka (Donetsk People’s Republic), and Novodarovka (Zaporozhye region). 

One counter-attack launched by an AFU assault group has been repelled. 

The AFU losses were up to 140 troops, two tanks, two armoured fighting vehicles, six motor vehicles, and two 152-mm Akatsiya self-propelled artillery systems.

▫️The units of the Dnepr Group of Forces have engaged manpower and hardware of the 118th Mechanised Brigade of the AFU, 124th, 129th territorial defence brigades, and the 3rd National Guard Brigade close to Orekhov, Novoandreyevka (Zaporozhye region), Mikhaylovka, and Kamyshany (Kherson region).

The AFU losses were up to 110 troops, three motor vehicles, and one U.S.-made 155-mm M777 howitzer.

▫️Operational-Tactical Aviation, attack unmanned aerial vehicles, Missile Troops and Artillery of the Russian Groups of Forces have engaged Ukrainian power infrastructure that supported actions of the AFU, the military airfield infrastructure, manufacturing shops and storage areas of unmanned aerial vehicles as well as clusters of enemy manpower and military hardware in 165 areas.

▫️Air defence facilities have shot down four U.S.-made HIMARS MLRS projectiles and 102 fixed-wing unmanned aerial vehicles.

▫️In total, since the beginning of the special military operation, 648 aircraft, 283 helicopters, 35,960 unmanned aerial vehicles, 586 anti-aircraft missile systems, 19,343 tanksand other armoured fighting vehicles, 1,489 MLRS combat vehicles, 17,972 field artillery guns and mortars, and 28,437 units of support military vehicles have been neutralised.

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