Over the past day, Russian troops have destroyed at least 185 servicemen of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, as well as foreign mercenaries, in the Donetsk area, the Russian Defense Ministry’s spokesman Lieutenant-General Igor Konashenkov told reporters on Saturday.
"During the day, more than 185 Ukrainian servicemen and mercenaries, 1 tank, 4 armored combat vehicles, 4 vehicles, 2 D-20 howitzers and 1 D-30 howitzer were destroyed in this area," Konashenkov said.
"Over the past day operational-tactical and army aviation, artillery of groups of troops of the Russian armed forces hit 85 artillery units of the Ukrainian armed forces in firing positions, manpower and military equipment in 104 districts," the general added.
According to him, a US-made AN/TPQ-48 counter-battery radar was also destroyed in the Verkhnekamenka region in the People’s Republic of Lugansk.
Russian air defense shot down 32 Ukrainian drones in a day
"The air defense systems intercepted three HIMARS multiple rocket launchers and one HARM anti-radar missile. During the day, 32 Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles were destroyed in the areas of the settlements of Novoandreevka, Svatovo, Pshenichnoye of the People's Republic of Lugansk, Gorlovka, Volnovakha of the People's Republic of Donetsk, Vasylivka, Chubarevka and Orekhov in the Zaporozhye region," Konashenkov claimed.
Two Ukrainian Ballistic Missiles Shot Down Over Crimea - Crimean Authorities
Russia's air defense systems on Saturday shot down two ballistic missiles launched by Ukraine's Grom-2 operational-tactical missile system (OTRK) over Crimea, Oleg Kryuchkov, an adviser to Head of Crimea Sergey Aksyonov, said on Saturday.
"Updated information. Two Grom-2 OTRK ballistic missiles were shot down over Crimea," Kryuchkov said on Telegram.
Earlier in the day, Aksyonov said that one missile of that kind had been shot down over Crimea by the Russian air defense systems.
"A ballistic missile launched by Ukraine's Hrim-2 OTRK was shot down over the Republic of Crimea by the air defense," Aksyonov said on Telegram.
The incident did not cause any damage or victims, he added.
Ukrainian forces lose up to 90 servicemen in South Donetsk, Zaporozhye areas
In the South Donetsk and Zaporozhye areas, air strikes and artillery fire from the Vostok group of troops defeated units of the Ukrainian armed forces in the areas of the settlements of Gulyaipole, Zaporozhye region, and Ugledar, Donetsk People's Republic, the Russian Defense Ministry’s spokesman reported.
"During the day, up to 90 Ukrainian servicemen, 2 armored combat vehicles, 4 cars, as well as a D-30 howitzer were destroyed in these areas. An ammunition depot of the 35th marine battalion of the Ukrainian armed forces was destroyed near the village of Velyka Novoselka," he said.
He added that over the past day, the Russian military destroyed up to 35 Ukrainian soldiers in the Kherson direction, as well as enemy equipment.
"In the Kherson direction, up to 35 Ukrainian servicemen, 2 vehicles and a Gvozdika self-propelled howitzer were destroyed as a result of fire damage per day," he specified.
Up to 60 Ukrainian soldiers wiped out in Krasnolimansk area
According to Konashenkov, in the Krasnolimansky direction, operational-tactical and army aviation, artillery fire of the Center group of forces defeated the units of the Ukrainian army in the areas of the settlements of Nevskoye and Chervonaya Dibrova of the People's Republic of Lugansk.
"Up to 60 Ukrainian servicemen, an armored combat vehicle, 3 pickup trucks, a Gvozdika self-propelled artillery mount and 2 D-30 howitzers were destroyed," the general noted.
Meanwhile, the losses of the Ukrainian forces in the Kupyansk area amounted to 50 people, 2 armored vehicles and an Akatsiya self-propelled howitzer, he added.
"In the Kupyansk direction, air strikes and artillery fire from the Western Group of Forces hit enemy units in the areas of the settlements of Kislovka and Berestovoye in the Kharkov region. Up to 50 Ukrainian servicemen, two armored combat vehicles, three cars, and an Akatsiya self-propelled howitzer were destroyed in this direction in a day," the Russian Defense Ministry’s spokesman pointed out.
Russian forces destroy 9,000 Ukrainian tanks since military operation's start
"In total, since the beginning of the special military operation, the following weapons have been destroyed: 418 aircraft, 230 helicopters, 3,995 unmanned aerial vehicles, 421 anti-aircraft missile systems, 9,002 tanks and other armored combat vehicles, 1,096 combat vehicles of multiple launch rocket systems, 4,748 field artillery guns and mortars, as well as 10,002 units of special military vehicles," Konashenkov concluded.
Russia says its forces eliminated Ukrainian recon group is southern Donetsk Region
Russian forces took out a Ukrainian reconnaissance group made up of four servicemen in the south of the Donetsk Region, Alexander Gordeyev, a spokesman for the battlegroup East, has told TASS.
"Forward units of the battlegroup East detected an enemy reconnaissance group moving southward of the Novomikhailovka settlement. The group was eliminated with artillery support, and four militants have been destroyed," he said.
Gordeyev also said that a self-propelled Tulpan mortar destroyed a Ukrainian military location in Velikaya Novosyolka. Seven militants were taken out. In Ugledar, artillery fire destroyed an enemy armored vehicle with five militants, and anti-armor rocket destroyed an enemy tank, the spokesman said.
Akhmat commandos wait for orders to push towards Artyomovsk – Kadyrov
Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov has said that the Akhmat commando force is ready to move into Artemovsk (Ukrainian name Bakhmut).
"Akhmat [commando] units are ready to move to Artemovsk (Bakhmut). I have already signed the corresponding message to the Supreme Commander-in-Chief saying the Akhmat units are ready to take control of the city and to clear it from NATO and Ukrainian satanists. The fighters are in combat readiness. We are only waiting for the orders. Several units are already on the way to the zone of the special military operation," Kadyrov wrote on his Telegram channel on Saturday.
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The Chechen leader is certain that Artyomovsk will soon be liberated.
"In the near future we will liberate the city, despite all sorts of fake news about some terrible counterattack by the Ukrainian army. We have already begun to develop our own strategy for this area together with the Russian Defense Ministry and with due regard for the tactics being used by the enemy and the resources available to us. Believe me, the tactic will yield positive results," Kadyrov added.
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