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Russian army hits Ukraine’s combat drone production sites on Dec 31

Russian army hits Ukraine’s combat drone production sites on Dec 31




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The Russian Armed Forces carried out a high-precision strike on Ukrainian defense industry sites involved in the production of combat drones on December 31, Russian Defense Ministry Spokesman Lieutenant General Igor Konashenkov said on Sunday.







"On December 31, 2022, the Russian Armed Forces employed long-range high-precision air-launched weapons to target Ukrainian defense industry facilities involved in the production of combat unmanned aerial vehicles that are used to carry out terrorist attacks on Russia," he noted.


Russian troops on the front line on December 31, 2022


"The move thwarted the Kiev regime’s plans to conduct terrorist attacks against Russia in the near future," Konashenkov stressed



Russian troops eliminate six sabotage groups in Zaporozhye Region, DPR



The Russian Armed Forces eliminated six sabotage and reconnaissance groups in the Zaporozhye Region and the Donetsk People’s Republic, Russian Defense Ministry Spokesman Lieutenant General Igor Konashenkov said on Sunday.


"Six Ukrainian sabotage and reconnaissance groups active near the Novoandreyevka and Dorozhnyanka settlements in the Zaporozhye Region and the Nikolskoye, Neskuchnoye and Novomikhailovka settlements in the Donetsk People’s Republic were destroyed," he specified.









Russian army destroys 15 Ukrainian drones - Defense Ministry



Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) were destroyed by Russian air defense systems during one day, Defense Ministry spokesman Igor Konashenkov said on Sunday.


"During one day, 15 Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles were destroyed by air defense systems in the areas of Maksimovka, Nikolayevka, Nikolskoye, Metallist, Zelyony Gai and Slavnoye, in the Donetsk People's Republic, Ploshchanka, in the Lugansk People's Republic, Tsapovka in the Belgorod Region, Ocherevatoye, in the Zaporozhye Region, Ochakov in the Nikolaev Region, Liman Vtoroy, in the Kharkov region, and Dzhankoy, in the Republic of Crimea," Konashenkov said.


Prigozhin told RIA Novosti that a large number of Ukrainian soldiers were captured by the Wagner group


In all, since the beginning of the special military operation the Ukrainian military has lost 355 aircraft, 199 helicopters, 2,779 unmanned aerial vehicles, 399 anti-aircraft missile systems, 7,350 tanks and other armored combat vehicles, 957 combat vehicles of multiple launch rocket systems, 3,756 field artillery pieces and mortars have been destroyed, as well as 7,859 special military vehicles.








Russian troops eliminate six sabotage groups in Zaporozhye Region, DPR



The Russian Armed Forces eliminated six sabotage and reconnaissance groups in the Zaporozhye Region and the Donetsk People’s Republic, Russian Defense Ministry Spokesman Lieutenant General Igor Konashenkov said on Sunday.


"Six Ukrainian sabotage and reconnaissance groups active near the Novoandreyevka and Dorozhnyanka settlements in the Zaporozhye Region and the Nikolskoye, Neskuchnoye and Novomikhailovka settlements in the Donetsk People’s Republic were destroyed," he specified



Ukrainian Missile Attacks Killed Almost 170 People in LPR in 2022



About 170 civilians, including 21 children, were killed in the Lugansk People's Republic (LPR) last year due to shelling by Ukrainian troops, the representative office of the LPR in the Joint Center for Control and Coordination of issues related to Ukraine's war crimes (JCCC) said on Sunday.


"Aggression of the armed formations of Ukraine during the above period [2022] claimed the lives of 624 civilians, including 50 children. As a result of shelling, 169 people died and 455 were injured, of which 21 children died and 29 were injured," the agency said on Telegram.








Ukraine shelled the territory of the republic 1,353 times with the use of heavy weapons, the statement noted, adding that more than 11,000 pieces of ammunition was fired, including 609 HIMARS rockets and over 200 shells with a caliber of 155 millimeters.


According to the statement, more than 3,600 houses in 84 settlements and 413 civilian infrastructure facilities were damaged due to strikes.





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