September 22, 2024

Russian Ministry of Defense: up to 2,150 Ukrainian casualties in 24 hours

Russian Defense Ministry

he work of enterprises of the Ukrainian defence industry, UAV production workshops, and positions of AFU manpower, weaponry, and materiel. 

The goal of the strike has been achieved. All assigned targets were engaged.

▫️In Liptsy and Volchansk directions, the Sever Group of Forces inflicted losses on formations of the 36th Marine Brigade, 113th Territorial Defence Brigade near Liptsy, Volchansk, and Volchanskiye Khutora (Kharkov region) and the city of Kharkov. 

Three counter-attacks launched by an assault detachment of the AFU 57th Motorised Infantry Brigade, 71st Jaeger Brigade were repelled.

The enemy lost up to 135 troops, two armoured fighting vehicles, four motor vehicles, two 152-mm D-20 guns, and two 122-mm D-30 howitzers.

▫️The Zapad Group of Forces improved the tactical situation and inflicted losses on manpower and hardware of the 14th, 43rd, 44th, 54th, 66th mechanised brigades of the AFU, 110th, 117th, 125th territorial defence brigades, 1st National Guard Brigade near Petropavlovka, Zagryzovo, Izyumskoye, Vishnyovoye, Kolesnikovka, Kovsharovka (Kharkov region), Nevskoye, Novoyegorovka (Lugansk People’s Republic), and Torskoye (Donetsk People’s Republic).

The Russian units repelled two counter-attacks of 116th Mechanised Brigade and 3rd Assault Brigade of the AFU. The AFU losses amounted to up to 435 troops, for tanks, two U.S.-made M113 APCs, five motor vehicles, two U.S.-made 155-mm M777 and two U.S.-made 155-mm M198 howitzers, two 152-mm D-20 guns, and a 122-mm D-30 howitzer.  One U.S.-made AN/TPQ-50 counter-battery radar and seven field ammunition depots were destroyed.

▫️The Yug Group of Forces took more advantageous lines and positions as well as inflicted losses on manpower and hardware of the AFU 24th, 28th, 30th, 54th, 93rd mechanised brigades, 56th, 59th motorised infantry brigades, 144th Infantry Brigade, 81st Airmobile Brigade, 10th, 128th mountain assault brigades, and 114th Territorial Defence Brigade near Seversk, Kramatorsk, Serebryanka, Verkhnekamenskoye, Chasov Yar, Predtechino, Belaya Gora, Ostroye, Kurakhovo, and Katerinonka (Donetsk People’s Republic).

The AFU losses are up to 840 troops, two tanks, two Kozak armoured fighting vehicles, 22 motor vehicles, four UK-made 155-mm FH-70 howitzers, a U.S.-made 155-mm M777 howitzer, a 152-mm D-20 gun, two 122-mm D-30 howitzers, and a U.S.-made 105-mm M1119 gun. Russian units destroyed three Anklav-N EW stations.

▫️The Tsentr Group of Forces continued advancing to the depth of the enemy’s defences and inflicted losses on manpower and hardware of the 23rd, 31st, 150th mechanised brigades, 144th Infantry Brigade, 46th Airmobile Brigade, 95th Air Assault Brigade, 78th Air Assault Regiment of the AFU, 109th, 112th, 119th territorial defence brigades, 14th, 15th brigades of the National Guard, and 3rd Border Security detachment near Pokrovsk, Dimitrov, Grodovka, Krutoy Yar, Selidovo, Ukrainsk, and Gornyak (Donetsk People’s Republic). 

The Russian units repelled nine counter-attacks of 100th Mechanised Brigade, 68th Jaeger Brigade, 25th Airborne Brigade, 425th Assault Battalion of the AFU, 2nd, 12th brigades, and 5th Regiment of the National Guard. The Ukrainian formations losses are up to 520 troops, two pickups, two 152-mm Msta-B howitzers, four 122-mm D-30 howitzers, a 100-mm Rapira anti-tank gun, as well as U.S.-made a MaxxPro armoured fighting vehicle, a 155-mm M777 howitzer, and a 105-mm M119 gun.  One AFU field ammunition depot was destroyed.

▫️The Vostok Group of Forces improved the situation along the front line and engaged formations of 72nd Mechanised Brigade, 58th Motorised Infantry Brigade of the AFU, 105th,241st territorial defence brigades, 21st National Guard Brigade near Ugledar, Novoukrainka, Zolotaya Niva, Velikaya Novosyolka (Donetsk People’s Republic), and Novodarovka (Zaporozhye region). 

The enemy losses amounted to up to 160 troops, an armoured fighting vehicle, two motor vehicles, two French-made 155-mm Caesar howitzers, a 152-mm D-20 gun, and an EW station.

▫️The Dnepr Group of Forces inflicted losses on manpower and hardware 141st Infantry Brigade of the AFU, 37th Marine Brigade, 124th Territorial Defence Brigade, and 3rd National Guard Brigade near Nesteryanka, Pyatikhatki, Kamenskoye (Zaporozhye region), and Antonovka (Kherson region).

The enemy lost up to 60 troops and four motor vehicles. One AFU field ammunition depot was destroyed.

▫️Operational-Tactical Aviation, unmanned aerial vehicles, Missile Troops and Artillery of the Russian Groups of Forces destroyed two missile and artillery ammunition depots, a cargo ship carrying missiles and ammunition provided to the Kiev regime by the West states, as well as clusters of manpower and materiel in 153 areas. 

▫️Air defence units shot down six Neptune long-range missiles, three French-made Hammer guided aerial bombs, ten U.S.-made HIMARS rockets, and 177 Ukrainian fixed-wing unmanned aerial vehicles.

▫️In total, 646 airplanes and 283 helicopters, 31,983 unmanned aerial vehicles, 579 air defence missile systems, 18,317 tanks and other armoured fighting vehicles, 1,457 combat vehicles equipped with MLRS, 14,963 field artillery guns and mortars, as well as 26,328 units of special military equipment have been destroyed during the special military operation.

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