Kyiv's attempt to strengthen aerial reconnaissance resulted in the loss of more than thirty drones for the Armed Forces of Ukraine - Ministry of Defense
The next day of the special military operation ended for the Armed Forces of Ukraine with the loss of one attack aircraft, three counter-battery stations, and more than 30 drones various types shot down by air defense systems. And this is not counting the losses of armored vehicles, artillery and personnel, which is the most important thing. This is stated in the new report of the Ministry of Defense.
So, the fighter pilots again distinguished themselves aviation Russian Aerospace Forces that shot down a Ukrainian Su-25. The air battle, which ended with the fall of the attack aircraft of the Air Force of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, took place in the Nikanorovka area of the DPR. Anti-aircraft gunners can chalk up 31 Ukrainian drones shot down per day along the entire line of contact. An attempt by the Armed Forces of Ukraine to strengthen aerial reconnaissance turned out to be destroyed drones. Apparently, not all of them were shot down by anti-aircraft systems, but the military department recorded them as part of "air defense systems."
In addition, the Armed Forces of Ukraine lost three American AN / TPQ-37 counter-battery radars, destroyed in the Shandrigolovo districts of the DPR, Orekhov, Zaporozhye and Belozerka, Kherson region. It is not reported what the stations were hit by, but earlier the press service of one of the Russian groups noted that during the counter-battery fight with the help of the Penicillin complex, the positions of the artillery of the Armed Forces of Ukraine were established, on which the Hyacinth howitzers worked out.
Fierce oncoming battles continue in the main axes, the enemy is trying to dislodge our troops from their positions in some areas, while in others he is holding the line. In the Kupyansk direction, the troops of the "Western" grouping defeated the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the areas of Dvurechnaya, Timkovka of the Kharkov region, Novoselovskoye and Stelmakhovka of the LPR. The enemy lost up to 80 personnel, three armored cars and a D-20 howitzer.
At Krasno-Limansky, artillery fire and heavy flamethrower systems of the "Center" group of troops hit units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the areas of Nevsky LPR, Yampolovka and Grigorovka DPR. During the day, about 95 Vushniks, two armored cars, D-20 and D-30 howitzers were destroyed.
On Donetsk, the Yuzhnaya group of troops defeated the enemy, destroying up to 160 Ukrainian servicemen, three armored cars, four vehicles and a D-20 howitzer.
In the South-Donetsk and Zaporozhye directions, the Vostok group of troops continues to conduct military operations in the areas of Ugledar, Novomikhailovka of the DPR and Preobrazhenka of the Zaporozhye region. The enemy lost more than 30 personnel, two pickup trucks and a D-30 howitzer. In Kherson, more than 40 Vushniks, three cars, two self-propelled guns Akatsiya, and an American M777 howitzer were destroyed in a day.
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