Sunday, 9 April 2023

Russian troops defeat 98 artillery units of Armed Forces of Ukraine

Russian troops defeat 98 artillery units of Armed Forces of Ukraine

Russian troops defeat 98 artillery units of Armed Forces of Ukraine




©Russian Defence Ministry Press Office/TASS






Russian operational-tactical and army aviation, rocket troops and artillery defeated almost 100 artillery units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine during the day, Russian Defense Ministry Spokesman Lieutenant-General Igor Konashenkov said on Sunday.







"Operational-tactical and army aviation, missile troops, and artillery of groups of troops (forces) of the Russian Armed Forces defeated 98 artillery units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine during the day," he said.


Konashenkov added that over the past day, Russian air defense systems intercepted 10 HIMARS and Smerch MLRS shells, a Grom-2 missile, and destroyed 14 drones of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.



Ten Ukrainian HIMARS and Smerch rockets, one Grom-2 missile, 14 drones downed



Ten Ukrainian HIMARS and Smerch rockets, a Grom-1 missile and 14 drones were downed by Russian air defense systems in the course of the special military operation over the past day, Russian Defense Ministry Spokesman Igor Konashenkov said on Sunday.


"During the day, air defense systems intercepted ten HIMARS and Smerch MLRS rockets and one Grom-2 tactical missile. Apart from that, 14 Ukrainian drones were downed near the settlements of Vasilyevka and Inzhenernoye in the Zaporozhye region, Staromayorskoye, Veseloye, and Kirillovka in the Donetsk People’s Republic (DPR), Krmennaya, Rubezhnoye, and Ilyinka in the Lugansk People’s Republic (LPR)," he said.


According to Konashenkov, as many as 406 planes, 228 helicopters, 3,716 unmanned aerial vehicles, 415 air defense systems, 8,593 tanks and other armored vehicles, 1,078 multiple rocket launch systems, 4,543 artillery systems and mortars, and 9,387 special military cars have been destroyed since the beginning of the special military operation.



Chechnya leader says Ukrainian offensive disrupted near Zaporozhye



A Chechen battalion disrupted an offensive by Ukrainian forces in the Zaporozhye direction, Chechnya’s leader Ramzan Kadyrov wrote on his Telegram channel.


"Under the competent leadership of <…> Deputy Commander-Chief of Staff of the Russian Defense Ministry’s Vostok-Akhmat Battalion Vakha Khambulatov, our drones did a good job. They detected enemy offensives and adjusted mortar strikes. Mortar crews struck the Ukrainian and NATO infantry so effectively that they discouraged any attack on our positions," Kadyrov wrote.


Head of Chechnya Ramzan Kadyrov
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According to him, the battalion destroyed two tanks and an infantry fighting vehicle. Kadyrov praised what he said were the battalion’s precise and well-coordinated actions that resulted in the elimination of armored vehicles and caused losses of Ukrainian troops.


The personnel of the battalion has thwarted an offensive in this area before, destroying 10 armored vehicles and enemy soldiers, the Chechen leader added.




















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