The Russian Armed Forces have occupied more favourable lines in the Donetsk direction, the losses of Ukrainian formations over the day amounted to up to 175 servicemen, the Russian Defence Ministry said.
“In the Donetsk direction, units of the “Southern” group of troops as a result of active actions occupied more advantageous lines and defeated the manpower and equipment of the 3rd Assault, 79th Airborne Assault, 56th Motorised Infantry, 24th, 28th, 30th Mechanised, 46th and 81st airmobile brigades of the AFU in the areas of the settlements of Belogorovka of the Lugansk People’s Republic, Kleshcheevka, Andreevka, Minkovka, Maximilianovka and Novomikhailovka of the Donetsk People’s Republic”, – stated in the summary of the Ministry of Defence of the Russian Federation.
The ministry specified that Ukrainian formations lost up to 175 servicemen, a tank, two armoured combat vehicles, including a Bradley infantry fighting vehicle and three cars.
In total, since the beginning of the special military operation destroyed: 577 aircraft, 270 helicopters, 17011 unmanned aerial vehicles, 489 anti-aircraft missile systems, 15598 tanks and other armoured combat vehicles, 1256 combat vehicles of multiple rocket launchers, 8521 field artillery and mortars, as well as 20192 units of special military vehicles.
We will remind, earlier Russian President Vladimir Putin expressed confidence that Ukraine in the conflict with Russia is “gradually deflating” and the situation on the battlefield is changing. The head of state noted that Russia will continue to increase the production of military equipment, while Ukraine is rapidly depleting its stocks.