Russian forces hit 86 Ukrainian army units at firing positions — Defense Ministry

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Russian forces hit 86 Ukrainian army units at firing positions in the past day, Russian Defense Ministry Spokesman Lieutenant General Igor Konashenkov said on Saturday.

"Russian tactical aircraft, missile troops and artillery forces defeated 86 units at firing positions, hitting troops and military equipment in 124 areas," he noted.

Russian air defenses down nine drones in Kharkov, Zaporozhye regions, Donbass

Russian air defenses downed nine Ukrainian drones in the Kharkov and Zaporozhye regions and Donbass in the past day, Russian Defense Ministry Spokesman Lieutenant General Igor Konashenkov said on Saturday.

Heavy fighting is underway near Ugledar right now, Russian forces have already occupied the eastern and southeastern parts of the outskirts of the city, Jan Gagin, adviser to the acting head of the DPR.

According to him, the assault on Ugledar is complicated by a large industrial area..

"Over the past day, Russian air defenses downed nine Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles near Vladimirovka and Kremennaya in the Lugansk People’s Republic, Tabayevka in the Kharkov Region, Nikolskoye in the Donetsk People’s Republic and Zherebyanka in the Zaporozhye Region," he specified.

According to Konashenkov, eight HIMARS and Olkha rockets were intercepted near the city of Donetsk and the Valeryanovka settlement in the Donetsk People’s Republic.

A total of 381 aircraft, 204 helicopters, 2,976 drones, 402 missile systems, 7,656 tanks and other armored combat vehicles, 992 multiple rocket launchers, 3,944 field artillery systems and mortars, as well as 8,198 special military motor vehicles have been destroyed since the start of Russia’s special military operation, Konashenkov added.

The Russian military, using a night vision device and a thermal imager, discovered a sabotage and reconnaissance group of Ukrainian militants and corrected the fire of 152-mm Hyacinth cannons on it.

Russian forces hit troops and equipment of the 14th and 92nd Mechanized Brigades of the Ukrainian Armed Forces along the Kupyansk frontline in the past day, Russian Defense Ministry Spokesman Lieutenant General Igor Konashenkov said on Saturday.

"Army aircraft and artillery units from the Zapad group of forces hit troops and equipment of Ukraine’s 14th and 92nd Mechanized Brigades of the Ukrainian Armed Forces along the Kupyansk frontline near the Sinkovka settlement in the Kharkov Region and the Novosyolovskoye settlement in the Lugansk People’s Republic," he specified.

According to Konashenkov, the enemy lost up to 25 troops, as well as a Gvozdika self-propelled artillery mount, a US-made M777 howitzer, an armored combat vehicle and two pickup trucks.

Special operation, 28 January. The main thing:

▪️Ukrainian troops attacked the building of a district hospital in Novayadar in the LPR on Saturday morning from HIMARS, killing 14 people and injuring 24, the Russian Defense Ministry said;

▪️The Russian Defense Ministry stressed that all those involved in the missile attack on a hospital in the LPR will be found and held accountable;

Ukrainian sabotage and reconnaissance group, which tried to cross the front line, was destroyed near Avdiivka

▪️The Russian Defense Ministry reported that the Russian Armed Forces defeated three Ukrainian brigades in the Krasno-Limansky direction;

▪️According to the Russian military department, more than 150 Ukrainian soldiers were destroyed in the main areas;

▪️Emergency services of the Kherson region said that Ukrainian troops fired artillery at the hospital campus of the Sokol plant in Nova Kakhovka, there is destruction;

The Russian air defense system, created in the special operation zone, will soon be reinforced with the latest Pantsir-SM systems, an informed source told RIA Novosti;

▪️Supplies of armored vehicles and other weapons to Ukraine will not prevent a third world war, if it comes to it, tanks will no longer be used, Medvedev said;

▪️Advisor to Zelensky's office, Mikhail Podolyak, said that Kyiv is negotiating the supply of extended-range missiles and aircraft for strikes in Crimea;

▪️The il Messaggero newspaper reported that Italy and France are going to provide Kyiv with a modern Samp / T air defense system with Aster anti-aircraft missiles with a total value of 800 million euros;

The Telegraph newspaper writes that Britain can give Ukraine fighter jets, but the planes could only be used after Russian forces leave Ukraine.