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While the Kiev regime is censoring true reports from the southern front lines front lines, the Russian Ministry of Defence continues counting losses of the Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU).
The AFU continued offensive operations in the South Donetsk direction. According to the Russian Ministry of Defence, as a result of three Ukrainian attacks from the direction of Velikaya Novoselka in the DPR and in the area of the Levadnoye in the Zaporozhye region, the AFU lost:
- over 120 servicemen,
- two tanks,
- as well as three armored combat vehicles.
In the areas of Prechistovka, Velikaya Novoselka and Neskuchnoye in the DPR, manpower and military equipment of the 1st separate brigade of the President of Ukraine, the 128th Territorial Defense Brigade, the 31st mechanized and 1st tank brigades of the AFU were struck by Russian forces. Also, in the area of the settlement of Velikaya Novoselka, the command and observation post of the battalion of the 68th Jaeger Brigade of the AFU was destroyed.
Leopard MBT in action on the frontlines:
Russian aircraft in action:
In the Zaporozhye direction, Russian airstrikes and artillery fire defeated units of the 65th Mechanized Brigade of the AFU in the area of Novodanilovka, Zaporozhye region. During the day:
- up to 250 Ukrainian servicemen,
- five tanks,
- seven armored combat vehicles,
- two cars,
- an Acacia self-propelled artillery installation,
- as well as a D-30 howitzer were destroyed in these areas.
In the Kherson direction, the AFU suffered the following losses as a result of fire damage during the past day:
- up to 15 Ukrainian servicemen,
- one car,
- as well as a D-30 howitzer were destroyed.
Moreover, a radar station of the S-300 anti-aircraft missile system was destroyed in the area of the Gai settlement of the Dnipropetrovsk region.
In total, since the beginning of the Russian special military operation, 442 aircraft, 238 helicopters, 4579 unmanned aerial vehicles, 426 anti-aircraft missile systems, 9915 tanks and other armored combat vehicles, 1122 multiple rocket launchers, 5093 field artillery and mortar guns, as well as 10905 units of special military vehicles have been destroyed.
