The battlegroup East detected and destroyed a Ukrainian unit riding in two pickup trucks in southern Donetsk Region and a reconnaissance group in the Zaporozhye Region, Alexander Gordeyev, a spokesman for the battlegroup, told TASS on Tuesday.
"Reconnaissance forces and means detected a mobile enemy group starting movement in two pickup trucks in the area of Novomikhailovka. Crews of self-propelled artillery guns Akatsiya destroyed both vehicles and the militants.
The crew of a heavy flamethrower system TOS-1 inflicted damage to the enemy's strongpoint south of Prechistovka. The crew of an Osa-AKM anti-aircraft missile system shot down a Furia unmanned aerial vehicle," he said.
Also, according to the spokesman, a rocket attack was repelled in the same area: Three HIMARS rockets were shot down by the crews of Buk anti-aircraft missile systems.
During aerial reconnaissance in the area of the settlement of Chervonaya in the Zaporozhye area, an enemy's reconnaissance group was detected and destroyed by the crews of Akatsiya self-propelled artillery guns.
Artillery fire was inflicted on the clusters of militants in the areas of the settlements Malinovka and Novodanilovka, and also destroyed two pickup trucks and enemy personnel in a hangar in Lobkovoye, an observation post with a car and militants in the area of Novosyolovka," Gordeyev continued.
Crews of air defense systems Tor, Strela-10 and small arms fire shot down three Furia drones in the Zaporozhye area.
Situation in Artyomovsk 'tense', but Russian forces continue to advance, says DPR head
The situation in Artyomovsk (Ukrainian name: Bakhmut) remains tense, but Russian forces continue to advance after redeploying reinforcements, Acting Head of the Donetsk People’s Republic Denis Pushilin said on Tuesday.
"As for Artyomovsk, we see that the situation remains tense. However, there are fewer and fewer high-rises controlled by the Ukrainian units," he said during a Soloviev Live TV broadcast.
Pushilin pointed out that the situation on the flanks is not easy, as active combat operations continue due to Ukraine's redeployment of reserves. "But we've also reinforced our units, so I think the situation there should level out. There is no need to talk about a turning point right now. It's certainly difficult, but these are not the only areas," he added.
According to him, the Russian forces "are advancing despite all difficulties."
Artyomovsk, located in the Kiev-controlled area of the Donetsk People’s Republic (DPR), has been a major transport hub supplying the Ukrainian battlegroup in Donbass. Fierce fighting for the city is underway.
Situation near Maryinka still tense, says DPR leader
Acting leader of the Donetsk People’s Republic (DPR) Denis Pushilin on Tuesday described the situation in the Maryinka area as tense amid a constant redeployment of Ukrainian troops.
"The situation is quite tense near Maryinka now..., but even in these circumstances we have been improving our positions," Pushilin told Soloviev Live TV show.
According to the acting DPR head, the enemy is entrenched on major fortifications and it’s hard to knock them out of there. "Things have not been easy, and the situation is tense, but we have been advancing anyway," he said.
Maryinka lies west of Donetsk. On April 11, Pushilin reported "a very serious" improvement in the positions of Russian troops in the Maryinka direction where he said a Ukrainian stronghold on the premises of a tire repairing shop was taken under control. The DPR also said the liberation of Maryinka would make it impossible for the Ukrainians to shell Aleksandrovka and the Petrovsky and Tekstilshchik districts of Donetsk.
Russian forces thwart Ukrainian attempts to rotate troops in Kupyansk area — spokesman
The western battlegroup has successfully thwarted three Ukrainian attempts to rotate troops in forward positions in the Kupyansk area, Battlegroup West Spokesman Sergey Zybinsky reported.
"(The battlegroup West) has thwarted three Ukrainian attempts to rotate troops in forward positions in the area of the settlements of Sinkovka, Pershotravnevoye and Kislovka," the Defense Ministry quoted the spokesman as saying in a video published on Tuesday.
According to Zybinsky, Russian aviation hit personnel, weapons and equipment of the 14 separate mechanized brigade and the territorial defense units. The spokesman added that a Tor anti-aircraft missile system destroyed a Furia reconnaissance drone.
Russia’s Kinzhal Missile Destroys Patriot System in Kiev
The Russian Kinzhal hypersonic missile has destroyed the Patriot air defense system in Kiev, the Defense Ministry said on Tuesday.
"The high-precision strike of the Kinzhal hypersonic missile system in the city of Kiev hit a US-made Patriot anti-aircraft missile system," the ministry said in a statement.
The ministry also said that the Russian air defense systems have intercepted seven Storm Shadow long-range cruise missiles over the past day. In addition, the ministry said that Ukraine lost up to 215 military in the Donetsk direction over the past 24 hours, while fighting in western part of Atemovsk is ongoing.
Russian MoD briefing on the progress of the special military operation in Ukraine:
▪️In the Kupyansk direction, Russian forces destroyed up to 60 Ukrainian troops;
▪️In the Krasny Liman direction, Russian forces neutralized up to 65 Ukrainian personnel and one Akatsiya self-propelled howitzer;
▪️In the Donetsk direction, Ukrainian losses amounted to more than 215 troops, five armored combat vehicles, as well as Msta-B and D-30 howitzers;
▪️In the South Donetsk and Zaporozhye directions, Russian forces destroyed over 135 Ukrainian troops, a Msta-B howitzer and one Akatsiya self-propelled howitzer;
▪️In the Kherson direction, Russian troops neutralized up to 25 Ukrainian soldiers and one Akatsiya self-propelled howitzer;
▪️Russian air defenses shot down a Ukrainian a Mi-24 and Mi-8 helicopter, seven Storm Shadow cruise missiles, three HARM anti-radar missiles, seven HIMARS projectiles, and 22 unmanned aerial vehicles in the LPR, DPR, and Kharkov region.
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