December 21, 2024

Russian Ministry of Defense: Up to 1,575 Ukrainian casualties in the past day

Russian Defense Ministry

▫️In Kharkov direction, units of the Sever Group pf Forces defeated formations of one mechanised brigade of the AFU and one territorial defence brigade close to Kazachya Lopan and Volchansk (Kharkov region).

The AFU losses were up to 40 troops, one infantry fighting vehicle, two motor vehicles, three 122-mm D-30 howitzers, and one ammunition depot.

▫️Units of the Zapad Group of Forces improved the tactical situation and defeated manpower and hardware of two mechanised brigades, one airborne brigade, and assault brigade of the AFU near Zapadnoye, Zagryzovo, Lozovaya, Dvurechnaya (Kharkov region), Chervonaya Dibrova (Lugansk People’s Republic), and Torskoye (Donetsk People’s Republic).

Two counter-attacks launched by the enemy’s assault detachments were repelled. The AFU losses were up to 440 servicemen, three tanks, including one German-made Leopard tank, two pickup trucks, five 122-mm D-30 howitzers as well as one U.S.-made M113 armoured personnel carrier, two U.S.-made 105-mm M101 howitzers, and two U.S.-made 105-mm M119 howitzers. One ammunition depot and two electronic warfare stations were destroyed.

▫️As a result of decisive actions, units of the Yug Group of Forces liberated Ostrovskogo (Donetsk People’s Republic).

Russian troops hit formations of two mechanised brigades, one motorised infantry brigade, one assault brigade, one mountain assault brigade of the AFU, and two territorial defence brigades close to Zaliznyanskoye, Orekhovo-Vasilyevka, Chasov Yar, Kurakhovo, Seversk (Donetsk People’s Republic), and Belogorovka (Lugansk People’s Republic).

The AFU losses were up to 285 troops, two armoured fighting vehicles, two motor vehicles, one 122-mm D-30 howitzer, one U.S.-made 105-mm M119 howitzer, and five field ammunition depots.

▫️Units of the Tsentr Group of Forces continued advancing into the depth of the enemy’s defences and defeated manpower and hardware of four mechanised brigades, two jaeger brigades of the AFU, one marine brigade, one territorial defence brigade, one national guard brigade, and one assault brigade of the National Police of Ukraine close to Dzerzhinsk, Peschanoye, Krasnoye, Novotroitskoye, Novoolenovka, Nadezhdinka, Krasnoarmeysk, Shcherbinovka, and Shevchenko (Donetsk People’s Republic).

Twelve counter-attacks of the enemy were repelled. The enemy losses were up to 580 troops, one German-made Leopard tank, one infantry fighting vehicle, U.S.-made M113 and M1117 armoured personnel carriers, four motor vehicles, one Polish-made 155-mm Krab self-propelled artillery system, two 152-mm Msta-B howitzers, two 152-mm D-20 guns, two 122-mm D-30 howitzers, and three armoured fighting vehicles, including one U.S.-made MaxxPro.

f the AFU and one territorial defence brigade close to Razliv, Velikaya Novosyolka, Konstantinopol, and Storozhevoye (Donetsk People’s Republic).

The AFU losses were more than 160 troops, six motor vehicles, two U.S.-made 155-mm M198 howitzers, and one 152-mm Akatsiya self-propelled artillery system.

▫️Units of the Dnepr Group of Forces defeated manpower and hardware of one air assault brigade, one mountain assault brigade of the AFU, and two territorial defende brigades close to Antonovka, Kamyshany (Kherson region), and Stepnogorsk (Zaporozhye region).

The AFU losses were up to 70 troops, two motor vehicles, one 152-mm Akatsiya self-propelled artillery system, three 152-mm D-20 guns, and one electronic warfare station.

▫️Operational-Tactical Aviation, attack unmanned aerial vehicles, Missile Troops and Artillery of the Russian Groups of Forces struck power facilities that support Ukrainian defence industry enterprises infrastructure of military airfields, one attack UAV depot, as well as engaged clusters of AFU manpower and military hardware in 147 areas.

▫️Air defence units shot down eight HIMARS MLRS projectiles and 89 fixed-wing unmanned aerial vehicles.

▫️In total, since the beginning of the special military operation, 650 aircraft, 283 helicopters, 38,241 unmanned aerial vehicles, 590 anti-aircraft missile systems, 19,947 tanks and other armoured fighting vehicles, 1,504 MLRS combat vehicles, 19,902 field artillery guns and mortars, and 29,402 units of support military vehicles have been neutralised.

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