July 6, 2024

Russian Ministry of Defense: Up to 2,050 Ukrainian troops killed or wounded in 24 hours

Russian Defense Ministry

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

Units of the Sever Group of Forces engaged manpower and hardware of AFU 31st mechanised, 71st motorised infantry, 36th marine, and 13th national guard brigades near Volchansk, Staritsa, and Liptsy (Kharkov region).

Five attacks launched by the AFU 92nd Assault Brigade and the Vostok Special Forces Detachment were repelled during the day.

The AFU losses amounted to up to 210 Ukrainian troops, one tank, one pick-up truck, one Grad MLRS combat vehicle, one Polish-made 155-mm  Krab self-propelled artillery system, one French-made Kaesartwo U.S.-made 155-mm M777 howitzers, two 152-mm D-20, one 152-mm Msta-B howitzer, two 122-mm Gvozdika self-propelled artillery systems, and one D-30 howitzer. 

The Zapad Group of Forces’ units took more advantageous lines and inflicted losses on AFU 30th43rd166th mechanised, 4th tank, 110th117th territorial defence, 12th special forces, 1st operational forces brigades near Sinkovka, Stepovaya Novosyolovka (Kharkov region), Serebryanka, Grigorovka, Torskoye and Kirovsk (Donetsk People’s Republic).

Two counter-attacks launched by units of AFU 3rd assault and 4th national guard brigades were repelled.

The AFU losses amounted to up to 540 Ukrainian troops, one armoured personnel carrier, four motor vehicles, one 122-mm D-30 howitzer, 105-mm guns: to include one U.S.-made M119 and one UK-made L119three Anklav electronic warfare stations, and three field ammunition depots. 

The Yug Group of Forces’ units improved the situation along the front line, inflicted losses on manpower and hardware of AFU 28th54th93rd mechanised, 56th motorised infantry, 79th air assault, 5th assault brigades close to Krasnoye, Kurdyumovka, Katerinovka, Seversk, Elizavetovka, and Chasov Yar (Donetsk People’s Republic).

The AFU lost up to 650 Ukrainian troops and 12 motor vehicles.

In the course of the counter-battery warfare, one 155-mm Akatsiya self-propelled artillery system, one 152-mm D-20 self-propelled artillery system, two 122-mm D-30 howitzers,  one 105-mm UK-made L119 gun, one U.S.-made AN/TPQ-50 counter-battery warfare station, and seven field ammunition depots were eliminated. 

The Tsentr Group of Forces’ units liberated Sokol (Donetsk People’s Republic), as a result of active operations, and improved the tactical situation.

The AFU 24th mechanised, 59th motorised infantry, 46th airmobile brigades were hit close to Volchcheye, Ostroye, Selidovo, Voshod, and Toretsk (Donetsk People’s Republic).

Five counter-attacks of the AFU 31st41st47th mechanised, and 95th air assault brigades were repelled.

The AFU losses amounted to up to 415 Ukrainian troops, three armoured fighting vehicles, including one U.S.-made Bradley infantry fighting vehicle, two pick-up trucks, one U.S.-made 155-mm Paladin self-propelled artillery system, one 122-mm D-30 howitzer, one 105-mm U.S.-made M119 gun, and one 100-mm Rapira anti-tank gun.

The Vostok Group of Forces’ units captured more advantageous lines and delivered strikes at manpower and hardware of AFU 72nd mechanised infantry, 120th and 128th territorial defence brigades close to Velikaya Novosyolka, Makarovka, Vodyanoye, and Urozhaynoye (Donetsk People’s Republic).

Servicemen of the Armed Forces repelled one attack launched by an assault detachment of the AFU 58th Mechanised Infantry Brigade.

The AFU losses amounted to up to 115 Ukrainian troops, two armoured fighting vehicles, six motor vehicles, one 152-mm D-20 howitzer, and one U.S.-made 105-mm M119 gun.

Units of the Dnepr Group of Forces inflicted fire damage on AFU 65th mechanised, 128th mountain assault, 35th marine, and 123rd territorial defence brigades close to Rabotino, Pyatikhatki (Zaporozhye region), Nikolskoye and Razliv (Kherson region).

The AFU losses amounted to up to 120 Ukrainian troops, eight motor vehicles, three U.S.-made 155-mm M777 howitzers, one 152-mm Msta-B howitzer, one 152-mm D-20 howitzer, one 122-mm Anklav electronic warfare station, and one AFU field ammunition depot. 

Operational-Tactical Aviation, unmanned aerial vehicles, Missile Troops and Artillery of the Groups of Forces of the Russian Federation’s Armed Forces have eliminated: one illumination and guidance radar, one low-altitude detection station , two S-300PS anti-aircraft missile launchers, as well as one oil processing plant and fuel storage facility used to supply military personnel of the Armed Forces of Ukraine; one air-delivered ordnance depot and park of Bayraktar drones at two military airfields; and clusters of enemy manpower and hardware in 127 areas. 

The Russian air defence systems shot down three UK-made Storm Shadow cruise missiles, one U.S.-made HARM anti-radiation missile, one French-made Hammer aerial guided bomb, three U.S.-made HIMARS MLRS projectiles, and 55 unmanned aerial vehicles. 

 In total, since the beginning of the special military operation, 626 aircraft and 277 helicopters, 2,7283 unmanned aerial vehicles, 539 anti-aircraft missile systems, 16,513 tanks and other armoured fighting vehicles, 1,365 MLRS combat vehicles, 11,456 field artillery guns and mortars, and 23,378 units of special military vehicles have been neutralised.

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