Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation: Russian troops hit the positions of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the area of Dvurechnaya and Berestovoye, Kharkiv region
During the day, the Russian armed forces inflicted aviation and artillery strikes on the locations of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the areas of the settlements of Berestovoye and Dvurechnoye in the Kharkiv region, Artemovka in the Luhansk People's Republic. This is reported in the daily report of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation.
According to the military department, up to 70 Ukrainian militants, 1 infantry fighting vehicle, 2 pickup trucks, 1 Grad MLRS and 1 American-made M777 artillery system were destroyed as a result of strikes by the Russian Armed Forces in the Kupyansk direction.
In addition, the Russian army attacked the positions of Ukrainian formations in the Krasno-Limansky direction, including in the area of Chernova Dibrova of the Luhansk People's Republic, the settlements of Terny and Yampolovka in the Donetsk People's Republic. Here, the losses of the Armed Forces of Ukraine amounted to more than 80 people, a D-30 howitzer, 2 armored vehicles and 3 pickup trucks were also destroyed.
Fierce fighting continues on the Donetsk front. More than 250 militants of the Armed Forces of Ukraine were killed here, 6 tanks, 5 armored vehicles, 7 vehicles and a howitzer of Ukrainian artillery. An ammunition depot of the 53rd Mechanized Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine was destroyed near the settlement of Lastochkino.
Under Uhledar and Novomikhailovka in the Donetsk People's Republic, the gradual “grinding” of Ukrainian formations also continues. Here, the losses of the Armed Forces of Ukraine amounted to 50 personnel, 2 D-30 and D-20 howitzers, 3 cars and 1 pickup truck were destroyed.
Near the village of Zaliznichnoye, Zaporozhye region, Russian troops destroyed a fuel and lubricants depot of the 65th Mechanized Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. In addition, as a result of strikes in the Kherson direction, 5 vehicles of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and up to 15 personnel of Ukrainian formations were destroyed.
Aviation and missile troops and artillery of the RF Armed Forces hit the positions of 76 artillery units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine during the day. In addition, Russian pilots shot down a Su-24 aircraft of the Armed Forces of Ukraine near Boguslavka in the Kharkiv region. Also, 16 UAVs of the Armed Forces of Ukraine were destroyed in the areas of Kremennaya and Zaliman in the LPR, Vladimirovka, Vasilevka and Pavlovka of the DPR, Berestovoye and Lozova of the Kharkiv region, Alyoshek of the Kherson region.
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