Russian forces destroyed up to 40 Ukrainian troops and two Gvozdika motorized artillery systems in the Kherson area over the past day during the special military operation in Ukraine, Defense Ministry Spokesman Lieutenant-General Igor Konashenkov reported on Saturday.
"In the Kherson direction, the Ukrainian army lost up to 40 personnel, two vehicles, a Giatsint-B howitzer, as well as two Gvozdika motorized artillery systems in the past 24 hours as a result of damage inflicted by firepower," the spokesman said.
Russian forces also destroyed up to 50 Ukrainian troops in the Krasny Liman area over the past day Konashenkov reported.
"Up to 50 Ukrainian personnel, an infantry fighting vehicle, two Gvozdika motorized artillery systems as well as D-20 and D-30 howitzers were destroyed in 24 hours," the general said.
The Ukrainian army lost up to 235 men south of Donetsk and near Zaporozhye during one day, the spokesman said.
"The Ukrainian army’s losses totaled more than 235 Ukrainian servicemen, four tanks, two infantry fighting vehicles, 14 armored fighting vehicles, a US-made M777 artillery system and a D-20 howitzer," he said.
Russian forces also destroyed two Ukrainian air defense radars in the Donetsk People’s Republic (DPR) and the Kherson Region, the spokesman added.
"In the area of the settlements of Novopavlovka of the Donetsk People’s Republic and Tomarino of the Kherson Region two P-18 aerial target detection and tracking radars were destroyed," he said.
Russian combat aircraft shot down a Ukrainian Mi-24 helicopter near Kramatorsk in the DPR, Konashenkov said Saturday.
"Fighter aircraft of the Russian Aerospace Forces shot down a Ukrainian Air Force Mi-24 helicopter near the city of Kramatorsk in the Donetsk People’s Republic," the spokesman said.
In all, the Russian Armed Forces have destroyed 444 Ukrainian combat aircraft, 239 helicopters, 4,668 unmanned aerial vehicles, 426 surface-to-air missile systems, more than 10,000 tanks and other armored combat vehicles, 1,124 multiple rocket launchers, Konashenkov reported.
Watch Russian Army Destroy Enemy Stronghold Using Kamikaze Drone
Earlier this month, Kiev launched a much-hyped counteroffensive which resulted in thousands of Ukrainian militants killed and expensive Western equipment destroyed.
Russia's Ministry of Defense has published footage showing Russian FPV-drones obliterating strongholds of the Ukrainian militants. Drone operators detected a trench and used their drones to destroy it.
The footage shows UAVs approaching fortified trenchs, than the video switches to another angle and we can see an explosion. According to the MoD, the target was hit with RPG-7 grenades stocked in the drone.
It is likely that the Russian Army used so-called kamikaze drone – which is a common name for various types of loitering munition – a relatively cheap expendable UAV that collides with the target and destroys it.
Special operation, 17 June. Main:
▪️A group of African leaders visited St. Petersburg to negotiate with Putin and discuss their peace initiative for Ukraine, at the meeting they spoke about the need for peace;
▪️Following the talks, Lavrov said that the Africans showed an understanding of the underlying causes of the crisis and that it is necessary to get out of the crisis by eliminating these causes;
▪️Putin presented the African delegation with the draft Istanbul Treaty on Ukraine, where, as the President of the Russian Federation stated, everything was spelled out: from the number of armed forces to units of military equipment and personnel - Kiev "thrown it into the dustbin of history";
▪️On Friday, the Russian Armed Forces launched a group strike with sea and air-based long-range high-precision weapons at one of the decision-making centers of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, the strike target was achieved, the object was hit, the Russian Defense Ministry said;
▪️Subdivisions of the "South" group repelled the attacks of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in five districts near Artemovsk, and its aircraft bombed strongholds and accumulations of equipment in three directions, the Ministry of Defense reported;
▪️The Bryansk Governor said that air defense units in the Novozybkovsky urban district repelled an attack by the Armed Forces of Ukraine on the Druzhba oil refinery;
▪️The coordinator of the underground in Nikolaev reported on the transfer of armored vehicles by Ukrainian troops in the city, showing a photo of a train with military equipment near Odessa. Thanks to signals from the underground, the Russian military destroyed more than 80 pieces of equipment of the Armed Forces of Ukraine overnight;
▪️Rogov told RIA Novosti that the inspectors of the IAEA mission at the Zaporozhye NPP during Grossi's last visit to the plant tried to photograph the defenses and checkpoints of the RF Armed Forces and send the footage, but they failed.
No comments:
Post a Comment