The Russian Armed Forces liberated the village of Veseloye in the Donetsk direction
Russian troops took control of the village of Veseloye in the Donetsk direction, the Ministry of Defense reported in a summary of the progress of the special operation.
In addition, Russian aviation, artillery and heavy flamethrower systems attacked manpower and equipment of the 22nd, 42nd, 93rd mechanized brigades of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the area of Kleshcheevka and Andreevka.
The enemy lost 260 troops, a tank, two infantry fighting vehicles and 17 vehicles. In addition, thanks to counter-battery warfare, it was possible to destroy three M777 artillery systems, Paladin and Gvozdika self-propelled artillery systems, and a D-30 howitzer.
Kupyanskoe and Krasnolimanskoe directions
The Western group of troops repelled six attacks by assault groups of the 32nd, 60th mechanized and 95th airborne brigades of the Ukrainian Armed Forces near Sinkovka in the Kharkov region and the village of Terny in the DPR.
“The enemy lost up to 155 military personnel, two tanks, three armored combat vehicles, two cars and the Gvozdika self-propelled gun,” the department noted.
In addition, the Ukrainian Armed Forces carried out three unsuccessful attacks in the area of Chervonaya Dibrova in the LPR, Yampolovka and Grigorovka in the DPR.
Kyiv lost more than 220 military personnel, six armored combat vehicles, including a Bradley infantry fighting vehicle, four vehicles, an M777 artillery system, a Gvozdika self-propelled gun, an M119 howitzer, and an electronic warfare station.
Yuzhnodonetsk and Zaporozhye directions
The armed forces attacked the personnel and equipment of the 33rd mechanized, 82nd air assault, and 128th mountain assault brigades of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the Zaporozhye region.
“The losses of the Ukrainian Armed Forces amounted to up to 30 military personnel, a tank, three vehicles, as well as two howitzers: D-20 and D-30,” the report states.
In the Yuzhnodonetsk direction, the Russian military repelled an attack by an assault group of the 79th Airborne Assault Brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the Novomikhailovka area. In addition, they hit enemy targets near the village of Vodyanoye.
The enemy lost more than 130 troops, two vehicles, two FH70 howitzers, as well as a Polish-made Krab self-propelled artillery mount.
In the Kherson direction, the Russian Armed Forces destroyed up to 65 Ukrainian Armed Forces soldiers, three tanks, five vehicles, an M777 artillery system, three howitzers - Giatsint-B, Msta-B and D-20, and the Gvozdika self-propelled gun.
Over the past 24 hours, Russian air defense forces shot down two Tochka-U tactical missiles, a JDAM guided bomb, 18 HIMARS and Vampire multiple launch rocket systems, as well as 91 Ukrainian drones.
