December 27, 2024

Russian Ministry of Defense: Up to 1,505 Ukrainian casualties in the past day

Russian Defense Ministry

on formations of one motorised infantry brigade of the AFU and two territorial defence brigades near Malye Prokhody and Volchanskye Khutora (Kharkov region). One counter-attack launched by an AFU assault detachment was repelled.

The AFU losses amounted to more than 35 troops, two motor vehicles, and one 122-mm D-30 howitzer. Three electronic warfare stations were destroyed.

▫️Units of the Zapad Group of Forces improved the tactical situation and inflicted losses on manpower and hardware of two mechanised brigades, one assault brigade, one airmobile brigade of the AFU, and two territorial defence brigades near Kovsharovka, Dvurechnaya, Zagryzovo, Ivanovka, Borovaya (Kharkov region), Torskoye, and Terni (Donetsk People’s Republic). Five counter-attacks launched by AFU armed formations were repelled.

The AFU losses amounted to up to 530 troops, one armoured personnel carrier, nine motor vehicles, one 152-mm D-20 gun, three 122-mm Gvozdika self-propelled artillery systems, two 122-mm D-30 howitzers, one UK-made 105-mm L119 gun, one U.S.-made 155-mm M114 howitzer, one U.S.-made 105-mm M101 gun, and two U.S.-made 105-mm M119 guns. Two Zakhist and Kvertus electronic warfare stations were destroyed.

▫️As a result of active operations, units of the Yug Group of Forces liberated Gigant (Donetsk People’s Republic). Losses were inflicted on formations of one mechanised brigade, one airmobile brigade of the AFU, and two territorial defence brigades near Seversk, Kurakhovo, Chasov Yar, and Druzhkovka (Donetsk People’s Republic). 

The AFU losses amounted to up to 230 troops, one motor vehicle, one 122-mm D-30 howitzer, and one U.S.-made 105-mm M119 gun.

▫️Units of the Tsentr Group of Forces improved the tactical situation along the front line and inflicted losses on manpower and hardware of three mechanised brigades, one infantry brigadeone motorised infantry brigadeone jaeger brigade of the AFU, two marine brigades, and one national guard brigade near Dimitrov, Novoukrainka, Novotroitskoye, Nadezhdinka, Dzerzhinsk, Shcherbinovka, Petrovskoye, Shevchenko, and Krasnoarmeysk (Donetsk People’s Republic). Eleven counter-attacks launched by AFU armed formations were repelled.

The AFU losses amounted to more than 490 troops, two U.S.-made HMMWV armoured fighting vehicles, one Canadian-made Senator armoured fighting vehicle, six pickup trucks, one 152-mm D-20 gun, and one 122-mm D-30 howitzer.

Units of the Vostok Group of Forces continued advancing to the depth of the enemy’s defences and inflicted losses on formations of two mechanised brigades of the AFU and one territorial defence brigade near Vremevka, Zelenoye Pole (Donetsk People’s Republic), and Temirovka (Zaporozhye region). One counter-attack launched by an AFU assault detachment was repelled.

The AFU losses amounted to up to 160 troops, one 152-mm Akatsiya self-propelled artillery system, one 152-mm D-20 gun, and one U.S.-made 105-mm M119 howitzer. Two field ammunition depots were destroyed.

▫️Units of the Dnepr Group of Forces inflicted losses on manpower and hardware of one mechanised brigade of the AFU and two territorial defence brigades near Antonovka, Veletenskoye (Kherson region), and Novoandreyevka (Zaporozhye region).

The AFU losses amounted to more than 60 troops, one motor vehicle, and two electronic warfare stations.

▫️Operational-Tactical Aviation, attack unmanned aerial vehicles, and Missile Troops and Artillery of the Russian Groups of Forces struck infrastructure of military airfields, ammunition depots, UAV command posts, as well as engaged the enemy’s manpower and hardware clusters in 143 areas.

▫️Air defence units shot down 11 U.S.-made HIMARS MLRS projectiles and 56 fixed-wing unmanned aerial vehicles.

▫️In total, since the beginning of the special military operation, 650 aircraft, 283 helicopters, 38,595 unmanned aerial vehicles, 590 anti-aircraft missile systems, 19,972 tanks and other armoured fighting vehicles, 1,504 MLRS combat vehicles, 20,010 field artillery guns and mortars, and 29,509 units of support military vehicles have been neutralised.

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