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On June 24, the Russian Ministry of Defense announced that it had struck several key facilities of Kiev forces in different parts of Ukraine.
The ministry said in a statement that the Russian Aerospace Forces launched an attack with long-range precision-guided against engineering and reconnaissance centers as well as aviation equipment of Kiev forces in Kanatovo and Dnepr airfields.
In addition, a storage facility of British-supplied Storm Shadow cruise missiles at a Ukrainian air base located near Starokonstantinov in the Khmelnitsky region was targeted and destroyed in response to the recent attack on the Chongar bridge in northern Crimea.
The ministry also reported several new failed attacks by Kiev forces in the South Donetsk, Donetsk and Zaphorohey sectors.
In the South Donetsk direction, close to Vremevka salient, the Russian Vostok Group of Forces repelled three attacks near Makarovka, Novosyolka and Levadnoye. Moreover, two tanks and six armored fighting vehicles were destroyed as a result of artillery strikes on Ukrainian reserves in Novopol in and Novovorovka.
Meanwhile in the Zaporozhye direction, Russian troops repelled an attack by the 47th Mechanised Brigade of Kiev forces close to Yablokovo.
Army Aviation strikes destroyed gatherings of manpower and equipment near Preobrazhenka and Novodanilovka. An ammunition depot of the Ukrainian 65th Mechanised Brigade located near Malye Shcherbaki was also targeted and destroyed.
According to the ministry, Ukrainian losses in this direction amounted to 170 troops, three tanks, three infantry fighting vehicles, 12 armored fighting vehicles and three high-mobility vehicles. A BM-21 Grad multiple rocket launcher, a French-made CAESAR self-propelled howitzer, a US-made M777 towed howitzer, two Msta-B towed howitzers and a D-20 towed howitzer were also destroyed.
In the Donetsk direction, the Russian Yug Group of Forces repelled nine attacks near Vesyoloye, Artyomovsk, Avdeevka, Pervomayskoye and Maryinka. Kiev forces lost 245 troops, an infantry fighting vehicle, seven pickup trucks as well as D-20 and D-30 howitzers.
In Bakhmut tactical direction, aviation and artillery destroyed gatherings of manpower and equipment of the 35th and 36th brigades of the Ukrainian marines. Ammunition depots of the 45th Artillery Brigade and the 109th Territorial Defence Brigade located close to Seversk and Sukhaya Balka were also targeted
The situation in other directions, according to the statement of the Russian MoD:
In Krasny Liman direction, the units of the Tsentr Group of Forces have repulsed 4 AFU attacks close to Serebryansky forestry. The units of the 63rd and 66th mechanized brigades of the AFU have been hit by air strikes near Nevskoye (Lugansk People’s Republic) and Torskoye (Donetsk People’s Republic).
The activities of 3 Ukrainian sabotage and reconnaissance groups have been disrupted close to Yampolovka, Torskoye (Donetsk People’s Republic) and Chervonaya Dibrova (Lugansk People’s Republic). The enemy losses were over 100 Ukrainian servicemen, 1 infantry fighting vehicle, 2 armored fighting vehicles, 3 pickup trucks, 1 Akatsiya self-propelled artillery system and 1 D-30 howitzer.
In Kupyansk direction, the attacks, launched by Operational-Tactical and Army aviation, as well as artillery of the Zapad Group of Forces, have resulted in the neutralization of the enemy manpower and hardware close to Novomlynsk, Timkovka (Kharkov region), and Stelmakhovka (Lugansk People’s Republic).
3 Ukrainian sabotage and reconnaissance groups have been neutralized close to Yagodnoye and Berestovoye (Kharkov region). The enemy losses were up to 30 Ukrainian servicemen, 3 motor vehicles and 1 D-20 howitzer.
In Kherson direction, the enemy losses were up to 45 Ukrainian servicemen, 2 motor vehicles, 1 Grad MLRS vehicle, 2 Akatsiya self-propelled artillery systems and 2 Gvozdika self-propelled howitzers.
Operational-Tactical and Army aviation, Missile Troops and Artillery of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation have neutralized 92 AFU artillery units at their firing positions, manpower and hardware in 124 areas.
2 storages of fuel for AFU hardware has been destroyed near Dnepropetrovsk.
Air defense systems have intercepted 24 unmanned aerial vehicles close to Zaitsevo, Artyomovsk, Novobakhmutovka, Volodino, Yakovlevka, Soledar, Belogorovka (Donetsk People’s Republic), Kremennaya (Lugansk People’s Republic), Ulyanovka (Kherson region), Shevchenkovo and Mirnoye (Zaporozhye region).
In total, 444 airplanes, 240 helicopters, 4,775 unmanned aerial vehicles, 426 air defense missile systems, 10,319 tanks and other armored fighting vehicles, 1,131 fighting vehicles equipped with MLRS, 5,218 field artillery cannons and mortars, as well as 11,152 special military motor vehicles have been destroyed during the special military operation.
In addition, the Russian MoD released footage showing recent artillery strikes on Kiev forces and attack helicopters engaging Ukraine tanks and armored vehicles.
The armed mutiny in Russia that was started by the Wagner Group on June 23 didn’t apparently affect Russian military operations in Ukraine. However, Kiev forces, who failed to make any meaningful gains since launching their so-called spring counteroffensive, will likely attempt to take advantage of the situation by escalating their attacks in the upcoming few days.
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