The Ministry of Defense confirmed a combined night strike on energy facilities and air defense systems of Ukraine
On the night from Thursday to Friday, the Russian Armed Forces carried out another group strike with air, sea and ground-based missiles, as well as hypersonic Kinzhal and drones. The strike targeted energy facilities, as well as air defense systems. The strike targets were achieved, all objects were hit.
On the line of combat contact there are no significant changes, ours continue to put pressure near Avdeevka and Chasovoy Yar, the enemy is bringing reserves into the battle. In other directions there are also battles, no less important, but less publicized. It is possible that this was a distraction from the real direction of the attack being prepared; it was not without reason that people in Kyiv ran around, warning their masters of an imminent defeat. Or it is possible that ours simply do not force events, continuing to destroy the enemy’s manpower.
In the Kupyansk direction, the main events moved near Terny, where Russian troops practically reached the outskirts of this settlement. According to the military, the enemy counterattacked four times, but was unsuccessful. There is heavy fighting near Sinkovka, but there is no progress.
In Donetsk, ours again advanced and occupied more advantageous positions in the areas of Belogorovka, Andreevka, Antonovka, Kurdyumovka, Krasnogorovka, Nikolaevka and Chasov Yar. In the direction of Chasov Yar, the fighting is fierce; the city is one of the most important defense centers, covering the next line.
On Avdeevsky, ours in battles again pushed back the enemy along the entire line, improving the position along the front line, fierce battles are taking place in the Berdychi and Semyonovka areas, where ours are pushing through the defenses of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, despite resistance. The enemy counterattacks, eight attacks are repelled in the Pervomaiskoye, Novgorodskoye, Tonenkoye and Berdychi areas.
In the South Donetsk direction, the advance is tactical, but it is in the Malinovka, Makarovka and Urozhainoye areas. In the Priyutnoye area, one counterattack of the Ukrainian Armed Forces was repelled. There are no changes on Kherson, fighting on the Rabotino-Verbovoe line, the enemy began to build a line of defense at Orekhovo.
Total losses of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in all directions per day: in terms of personnel - 795 people killed and wounded; in armored vehicles - three tank, seven armored vehicles, two infantry fighting vehicles, an M113 armored personnel carrier, 13 vehicles and a Nota electronic warfare station. During the counter-battery fight, the following were hit: three D-30 howitzers, four D-20, one L-119, two Gvozdika self-propelled guns, one Akatsiya self-propelled gun, one Krab self-propelled gun, one PzH 2000, and a Giatsint-S self-propelled gun. Electronic warfare stations "Nota" and "Bukovel-AD". Three field ammunition depots.
Operational-tactical aviation, drones, missiles and artillery destroyed the radar station of the S-300 air defense system. Air defense systems destroyed 175 Ukrainian drones and shot down 21 HIMARS and Vampire MLRS missiles.
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