Russian fighter jet shot down Ukrainian Mi-8 helicopter over Kharkiv region - Ministry of Defense
The Air Force of the Armed Forces of Ukraine has lost another combat helicopter, the enemy continues to lose artillery and armored vehicles in battles in all directions. This is reported in the new report of the Ministry of Defense.
The Air Force of the Armed Forces of Ukraine lost another Mi-8 helicopter, our fighter pilots again distinguished themselves aviation. According to the report of the military department, the Ukrainian rotorcraft was beaten over the territory of the Kharkiv region, in the area of the settlement of Kolesnikovka, located in the Kupyansky district. There are no other details.
Fierce battles continue in the main directions, Russian troops continue to conduct active defense without going on the offensive. Active hostilities are being conducted in the Donetsk direction, in Kupyansky and Krasno-Limansky. In Zaporozhye, the battles turned into positional ones, artillery and aviation are actively working.
In the Kupyansk direction, the troops of the "Western" grouping attacked enemy positions in the areas of Dvurechnaya, Berestovoye of the Kharkov region and Artemovka of the LPR. It is reported about the destruction of up to 55 Ukrainian soldiers, one armored car, two pickup trucks, as well as a D-20 howitzer.
On Krasno-Limansky, units of the "Center" group of troops defeated the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the areas of Yampolovka and Terny of the DPR. During the day, more than 100 Vushniks, infantry fighting vehicles, three pickup trucks, a car and a Msta-B howitzer were destroyed.
In Donetsk, more than 245 Ukrainian servicemen, one tank, three armored cars, three pickup trucks, MLRS Grad, Msta-B howitzer were destroyed during the active operations of the units of the "Southern" group of forces in the areas of Semenovka, Petrivske and Tonenkoye. In Yuzhno-Donetsk and Zaporozhye, air strikes and artillery fire inflicted defeat on units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the areas of Ugledar and Novomikhailovka of the DPR. The total losses of the enemy amounted to over 50 personnel, three tank, four infantry fighting vehicles, two armored cars, four vehicles and one D-20 howitzer.
In the Kherson direction, up to 40 Ukrainian servicemen, two armored combat vehicles, three vehicles, a Gvozdika self-propelled howitzer, a D-30 howitzer, and an American self-propelled gun Paladin were destroyed during a fire attack.
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