The Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation is reporting on the progress of the special military operation in Ukraine on a daily basis. According to the Russian military, the Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU) attempted offensive operations in different regions.
Two Ukrainian attacks were repelled by the units of the Russian Center group of troops in the area of Krasny Liman. Russian air strikes and artillery fire defeated units of the 63rd and 67th mechanized brigades of the AFU near Chervonaya Dibrova, Chervonopopovka in the LPR and Serebryanka in the DPR. Two Ukrainian sabotage and reconnaissance groups were destroyed in the area of Chervonaya Dibrova.
More than a hundred Ukrainian servicemen, four armored combat vehicles, three pickups, D-20 and D-30 howitzers, as well as two Gvozdika self-propelled artillery systems were destroyed during the day.
Destruction of Ukrainian positions in the forest area south of Kremennaya:
Drones of the Russian 9th brigade (formerly the 9th regiment of the PM DPR) destroyed an enemy stronghold in the village of Pervomaiske :
Russian Southern grouping of troops repelled seven Ukrainian attacks in the Donetsk direction. An ammunition depot of the 110th Mechanized Brigade of the AFU was destroyed in the area of Avdiivka. The command post of the 10th Mountain Assault Brigade of the AFU was hit in the area of the village of Vyemka in the DPR.
Up to 325 Ukrainian servicemen, one tank, three infantry fighting vehicles, as well as five cars were destroyed by the strikes of Russian army aviation, artillery fire and heavy flamethrower systems.
The crew of Russian helicopter destroyed an armored combat vehicle of the AFU together with the crew with a guided missile in the South Donetsk direction:
Russian Vostok grouping of troops repelled three Ukrainian attacks were repelled in the area of Velikaya Novoselka in the South Donetsk direction.
A motorized infantry platoon of the AFU, which was conducting a combat reconnaissance operation, was stopped and thrown back to its original positions in the Orekhov region. Another Ukrainian sabotage and reconnaissance group was destroyed near Robotino in the Zaporozhye region.
Total enemy losses amounted to up to 115 Ukrainian servicemen, five armored combat vehicles, including a Bradley infantry fighting vehicle, three pickup trucks, as well as Msta-B and D-20 howitzers.
Destruction of Ukrainian 120-mm mortar with ammunition on the right bank of the Kherson region:
Up to 30 Ukrainian servicemen, three cars, as well as a self-propelled artillery installation “Acacia” were destroyed in the Kherson region during the day.
An ammunition depot of the 60th Mechanized Brigade of the AFU was destroyed near Ogurtsovo in the Kharkiv region. The total enemy losses in the region during the day amounted to more than 30 Ukrainian servicemen, two armored combat vehicles, two cars, a D-20 howitzer, as well as a US-made AN/TPQ-36 counter-battery radar.