The Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation reported that at the moment, 975 objects of the military infrastructure of Ukraine were hit by Russian forces.
“Among them: 23 control points and communication centers of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, 3 radar posts, 31 S-300, Buk M-1 and Osa anti-aircraft missile systems, 48 radar stations. Among the objects shot down are: 8 combat aircraft and 7 helicopters, 11 unmanned aerial vehicles, two Tochka-U tactical missiles. 223 tanks and other armored combat vehicles, 28 aircraft (on the ground), 39 multiple rocket launchers, 86 field artillery guns and mortars, 143 units of special military vehicles were destroyed,” the Defense Ministry said.
It is also noted that in the Kharkiv region, the 302nd anti-aircraft missile regiment of Ukrainian troops voluntarily laid down their arms, 471 servicemen were detained. The Russian military recorded a strike by Ukrainian nationalists on residential areas of the village of Sartana in the suburbs of Mariupol and on a school in the city itself, the Russian Defense Ministry added.
In addition, the troops of the Luhansk People’s Republic, with the fire support of the Russian Armed Forces, carried out successful offensive operations and established control over the settlements of Novoakhtyrka, Smolyaninovo, Stanichno-Luganskoe. The depth of advancement deep into the defense since the beginning of the offensive operation was 52 kilometers.
“The troops of the Donetsk People’s Republic continued their offensive in the direction of Petrivske, advancing another 12 kilometers. Pavlopol and Pishchevik have been taken under control,” the Russian Defense Ministry said.