In this weekly report from Russian Defence Ministry report on the progress of the special military operation Ukraine Armed Forces had losses of 4,685 soldiers.
In the period from 23 to 29 December 2023, the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation inflicted 50 group strikes and one massive strike with high-precision weapons and unmanned aerial vehicles on the military industrial facilities, military airfield infrastructure, arsenals, storage sites for artillery ammunition, uncrewed surface vehicles, weapons and military hardware, as well as enemy POL bases.
In addition, the locations of the AFU units, nationalist formations, and foreign mercenaries were hit. All the assigned targets have been engaged.
In Kupyansk direction, units of the Zapad Group of Forces have improved the situation along the front line in several sectors and repelled 27 AFU attacks.
Aviation and artillery inflicted losses on manpower and hardware of the AFU 10th Mountain Assault Brigade, 25th Airborne Brigade, 95th Air Assault Brigade, 30th, 43rd, 60th, and 115th mechanised brigades near Novoselovskoye (Lugansk People's Republic), Sinkovka, Ivanovka, Petropavlovka, and Kupyansk (Kharkov region).
The AFU losses over the week amounted to more than 265 Ukrainian troops, one tank, one armoured fighting vehicle, 18 motor vehicles, and five field artillery guns.
In Krasny Liman direction, units of the Tsentr Group of Forces supported by aviation and artillery improved the situation along the front line and repelled 13 AFU attacks.
In addition, units of the AFU 24th, 63rd, 67th mechanised brigades, 100th, 125th territorial defence brigades, 12th Special Operations Brigade, and 5th Ukrainian National Guard Brigade were engaged close to Chervonaya Dibrova (Lugansk People's Republic), Torskoye, Grigorovka (Donetsk People's Republic), and Serebryansky forestry.
The AFU losses in this direction amounted to up to 1,205 Ukrainian troops, six tanks, 12 armoured fighting vehicles, 12 motor vehicles, and 13 field artillery guns.
In Donetsk direction, units of the Yug Group of Forces supported by aviation and artillery liberated Maryinka (Donetsk People's Republic).
Assault detachments of the Southern MD's 8th Army 150th motorised rifle division and 1st Army Corps 5th Separate Motorised Rifle Brigade made the most significant contribution to liberating the city.
Over the week, in this direction Russian troops repelled 34 enemy attacks and inflicted losses on AFU units close to Kurdyumovka, Kleschcheyevka, Krasnoye, Andreyevka, and Georgievka (Donetsk People's Republic).
The AFU losses amounted to more than 1,675 Ukrainian troops, seven tanks, 13 armoured fighting vehicles, 29 motor vehicles, one Czech-made RM-70 Vampire MLRS, and 49 field artillery guns.
In South Donetsk direction, units of the Vostok Group of Forces repelled three enemy attacks.
Aviation and artillery inflicted losses on units of the AFU 79th Air Assault Brigade, and 72nd Mechanised Brigade, and 128th Territorial Defence Brigade close to Novomikhailovka, Vodyanoye, Paraskoveyevka, and Makarovka (Donetsk People's Republic).
The AFU losses amounted to more than 675 Ukrainian troops, two tanks, four armoured fighting vehicles, 19 motor vehicles, and 15 field artillery guns.
In Zaporozhye direction, units of the Russian Group of Forces engaged in active defence, during which repelled two AFU attacks near Verbovoye (Zaporozhye region).
Moreover, the Russian Armed Forces inflicted losses on manpower and hardware of the AFU 128th Mountain Assault Brigade, 33rd, 65th, and 118th mechanised brigades near Orekhov, Malaya Tokmachka, Belogorye, Novodanilovka, and Rabotino (Zaporozhye region).
The AFU losses amounted to up to 475 Ukrainian troops, one tank, six armoured fighting vehicles, 20 motor vehicles, and 12 field artillery guns.
In Kherson direction, the enemy's attempts to cross the Dnepr River and to land on the left bank and islands were thwarted by complex fire strikes and preventive actions of the Russian Armed Forces.
In addition, aviation and artillery inflicted losses on manpower and hardware of the AFU 35th, 36th, 38th marines brigades, 124th, 126th territorial defence brigades near Berislav, Tyaginka, Tokarevka, Nikolskoye, Zmievka, and Chernobayevka (Kherson region).
The AFU losses amounted to up to 390 Ukrainian troops, 25 motor vehicles, 17 motorboats, and 22 field artillery guns.
Over the past week, 43 Ukrainian servicemen surrendered, 22 of them in Kupyansk direction.
Operational-Tactical and Missile Troops of the Russian Groups of Forces eliminated combat vehicles of air defence systems, namely, one Norwegian-made NASAMS, one German-made IRIS-T, one French-made Crotale-NG, one S-300 air defence system radar, and three U.S.-made AN/TPQ-50 counterbattery warfare radar stations.
Aviation and air defence units intercepted 10 enemy aircraft and two helicopters over the week, including one MiG-29, three Su-27, three Su-24, three Su-25, as well as two Ukrainian Air Force Mi-8 helicopters.
In addition, 33 HIMARS and Uragan MLRS projectiles, four HARM anti-radiation missiles, one JDAM guided bombs, one Neptune anti-ship missile, and 251 unmanned aerial vehicles were shot down.
📊 In total, 564 airplanes and 263 helicopters, 10,206 unmanned aerial vehicles, 445 air defence missile systems, 14,383 tanks and other armoured fighting vehicles, 1,190 combat vehicles equipped with MLRS, 7,564 field artillery cannons and mortars, as well as 16,833 units of special military equipment have been destroyed during the special military operation.
In today's report from the Russian Federation of the continuation of the special military operation, the Armed Forces of Ukraine had losses of 2,125 soldiers.
The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation continue the special military operation.
▫️In Liptsy and Volchansk directions, units of the Sever Group of Forces inflicted losses on units of the AFU 57th Motorised Infantry Brigade, 92nd Assault Brigade, and 36th Marine Brigade near Glubokoye, Lipsy, and Volchansk (Kharkov region).
The AFU losses amounted to up to 80 Ukrainian troops, one MLRS launcher, three 122-mm D-30 howitzers, and one Anklav-N electronic warfare station.
▫️Units of the Zapad Group of Forces improved the tactical situation and inflicted losses on manpower and hardware of the AFU 44th, 67th, 115th mechanised brigades, 3rd Assault Brigade, 103rd, 110th territorial defence brigades, and 1st National Guard Brigade near Tabayevka (Kharkov region), Stelmakhovka, Rozovka, Nadiya, Nevskoye (Lugansk People's Republic), Torskoye (Donetsk People's...
Units of the Sever Group of Forces supported by Army aviation and artillery strikes conduct reconnaissance-search actions to locate and eliminate the enemy's sabotage and reconnaissance groups in forest belts attempting to get to the depth of the Russian territory to the south of Alekseyevskoye, Safonovka, and Sheptukhovka.
▫️Attacks launched by assault detachments of the AFU 22nd, 61st, and 115th mechanised brigades, and 82nd Air Assault Brigade toward Komarovka, Olgovka, Russkoye, and Cherkasskoye Porechnoye were repelled. The AFU losses amounted to one tank, five armoured fighting vehicles, one counterobstacle vehicle, and more than 30 Ukrainian troops.
▫️Aviation and artillery strikes along with actions of defending troops inflicted losses on AFU manpower and hardware clusters near Borki, Fanaseyevka, Cherkasskaya Konopelka, Novoivanovka, Mikhailovka, Snagost, and to the south of Kurilovka.
▫️One U.S.-made M270 MLRS launcher was destroyed by a missile strike near Bezdrik (Sumy ...
The banner of the unit was captured in battle by the Rifle Battalion of the 1st Guards Slavic Brigade.
Also, the Storm unit of the 1st Slavyanskaya captured the next object “Cheburashka”, and the 2nd battalion captured the next dacha area (in front of the Khimik microdistrict).
In addition, Russian fighters today cut the road from Lastochkino to Avdeevsky coke plant.
In this report AFU had loses of 1,350 soldiers.
The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation continue the special military operation.
Units of the Sever Group of Forces improved the situation along the front line. Russian troops hit three mechanised brigades, an assault regiment of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, and a territorial defence brigade have been hit near Andreyevka, Kondratovka, Mogritsa, and Marino (Sumy region).
In Kharkov direction, units of a mechanised brigade of the AFU and a territorial defence brigade have been hit near Udy and Volchansk (Kharkov region).
The AFU losses amounted to up to 155 troops, two armoured fighting vehicles, five motor vehicles, three field artillery guns, and an ammunition depot.
Units of the Zapad Group of Forces took more advantageous lines and positions. Russian elements damaged two mechanised brigades, an airmobile brigade, two assault brigades of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, and a territorial defence brigade near Kupyansk, Olgovka, Sobolevka, Senkovo (Kharkov region), and Karpovka...
In this weekly report the AFU had loses of 9,130 soldiers.
Last night, the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation carried out a group strike with long-range air-based high-precision weapons as well as using Kinzhal hypersonic air-launched ballistic missile systems and unmanned aerial vehicles against the infrastructure of a military airfield.
From 21 to 27 June, the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation carried out six group strikes with high-precision weapons and attack drones, which hit enterprises of the Ukrainian military industry, fuel and power infrastructure and port facilities that supported the Armed Forces of Ukraine, anti-aircraft radar stations, ammunition and fuel depots, an arsenal of torpedo and mining weapons, manufacturing shops, facilities for the storage and launch of attack unmanned aerial vehicles, military airfields, temporary deployment areas of the AFU, nationalists, and foreign mercenaries.
During the week, units of the Sever Group of Forces improved the situation along the front line. Aviation, unmanned ...
In this report AFU had loses of 1,415 soldiers.
The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation continue the special military operation.
Units of the Sever Group of Forces improved the situation along the front line. Strikes were delivered at manpower and hardware of three mechanised brigades, one jaeger brigade, one air assault brigade, one assault regiment of the AFU, and two territorial defence brigades close to Novaya Sech, Solyaniki, Khrapovshchina, Varachino, Yunakovka, and Sadki (Sumy region).
In Kharkov direction, formations of one motorised infantry brigade of the AFU and two territorial defence brigades were hit near Udy, Ivashki, and Volchansk (Kharkov region).
The AFU losses amounted to more than 185 troops, one armoured fighting vehicle, nine motor vehicles, and six field artillery guns, to include one UK-made 155-mm FH-70 howitzer. One electronic warfare station, one ammunition depot, and two materiel depots were neutralised.
The Zapad Group of Forces' units improved the situation along the front line. The Russian ...