Russian leader Vladimir Putin has begun talks in the Kremlin with Indonesian Defense Minister and President-elect Prabowo Subianto, who is visiting Moscow.
Putin recalled that Subianto is a long-time friend of Russia. "I know that you have very good relations with your Russian counterparts," the president pointed out, assessing Subianto’s work as Indonesia's top defense official.
The talks with a limited circle of delegates are taking place in the Green Hall of the Grand Kremlin Palace. The Russian delegation is represented by Kremlin aide Yury Ushakov, Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov and Deputy Prime Minister Denis Manturov. After this meeting, the talks will continue in a working breakfast format. They will be held behind closed doors, with no reporters allowed to cover them.
Subianto won the February presidential election and will take office in October. He now holds the post of Indonesia's top defense official, while Joko Widodo remains Indonesia's acting president.
Prabowo arrived in Moscow on Tuesday night and was greeted by Indonesian Ambassador to Russia Antonio Morato Tavares, Military Attache Rear Admiral Jatmiko Adi and Russian foreign ministry official Aleksander Vladimirovich Prusov.
The visit to Moscow will wrap up Prabowo's European tour after his sojourn to Serbia, Turkey and France.
Observers view Prabowo’s itinerary as an attempt to reassert Indonesia’s free and active foreign policy, with the government continuing to align itself with developing countries across the globe.
During his five-day trip to France, Prabowo met with French President Emmanuel Macron and a group of the country’s business executives.
He then went to Belgrade on Monday to meet with Serbian President Aleksandar Vučić.
“We consider Russia as a real friend,” Prabowo, a former general who is currently defense minister, said Wednesday in televised remarks. “I would like to continue to maintain and enhance” the close relationship between the two countries, he said.
Prabowo also met with Russian Defense Minister Andrey Belousov. The visit is intended to “strengthen bilateral relations between Indonesia and Russia and enhance cooperation, especially in the defense sector,” the defense ministry in Jakarta said.
Both Putin and Prabowo noted historically close ties since the Soviet Union built up relations with the Southeast Asian country early in the Cold War, though Indonesia later tilted to the US. “Indonesia and Russia have had friendly relations for decades,” said Putin.
Prabowo’s first visit to the Kremlin as president-elect comes on a trip to Europe in which he met French President Emmanuel Macron, Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic, and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan. All of those meetings were aimed at boosting defense links, the ministry said.
Earlier this year, Prabowo also traveled to China to meet President Xi Jinping in his first visit since winning February’s Indonesian election. He went on to visit Japan — a key US ally — in a sign that Prabowo intends to continue his predecessor’s middle-of-the-road strategy in navigating the US-China rivalry.
His visit to the Kremlin comes after Prabowo last month criticized Russia’s absence from a peace summit backed by Ukraine.
“Many countries feel that in a peace summit all elements must be present, especially Russia,” Prabowo said after discussing his country’s cease-fire proposals at the summit with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy.
Russia has launched the third stage of the non-strategic nuclear forces drills, the Defense Ministry said on Wednesday.
"In accordance with the decision of the President of the Russian Federation, the third stage of the strategic nuclear forces exercise has begun. During the exercise, the issues of training units of the Russian armed forces for the combat use of non-strategic nuclear weapons will be worked out," the statement read.
The troops of the southern and central military districts during the third stage of the exercise of non-strategic nuclear forces will train obtaining special munitions and equipping them with Iskander-M missiles, advancing and preparing for launches, the ministry added.
The drills are aimed at maintaining the readiness of the use of non-strategic nuclear weapons for combat missions, the ministry said.
"The current stage of the exercise is aimed at maintaining the readiness of personnel and equipment of units of combat use of non-strategic nuclear weapons of Russia to perform combat missions," the stateemnt read.
Russian troops strike Ukrainian army, equipment in 143 areas over past day
Russian troops struck Ukrainian army units and military hardware in 143 areas over the past day in the special military operation in Ukraine, Russia’s Defense Ministry reported on Wednesday.
"Operational/tactical aircraft, unmanned aerial vehicles, missile troops and artillery of the Russian groups of forces struck massed enemy manpower and military equipment in 143 areas," the ministry said in a statement.
Russia’s Battlegroup North strikes five Ukrainian army brigades over past day
Russia’s Battlegroup North struck five Ukrainian army brigades and inflicted roughly 350 casualties on Ukrainian troops in its area of responsibility over the past day, the ministry reported.
"Battlegroup North units inflicted damage on manpower and equipment of the Ukrainian army’s 42nd mechanized, 82nd assault, 92nd air assault, 57th motorized infantry and 36th marine infantry brigades in areas near the settlements of Tikhoye, Liptsy, Staritsa and Volchansk in the Kharkov Region. Over the past 24 hours, they repelled two counterattacks by enemy assault groups," the ministry said.
The Ukrainian army’s losses in that frontline area over the past 24 hours amounted to 350 personnel, a US-made HMMWV armored vehicle, a 122mm D-30 howitzer and a 100mm Rapira anti-tank gun, it specified.
In addition, Russian troops destroyed an ammunition depot of the Ukrainian army, it said.
Russia’s Battlegroup West gains better frontline positions over past day
Russia’s Battlegroup West advanced to better positions and inflicted roughly 470 casualties on Ukrainian troops over the past day, the ministry reported.
"Battlegroup West units kept taking more advantageous frontiers and positions. They inflicted casualties on formations of the Ukrainian army’s 30th and 67th mechanized and 3rd assault brigades, 12th Azov special operations brigade [outlawed in Russia as a terrorist organization] and 1st separate territorial defense brigade in areas near the settlements of Sinkovka in the Kharkov Region, Novosadovoye and Krasny Liman in the Donetsk People’s Republic, Nevskoye and Makeyevka in the Lugansk People’s Republic. They repelled two counterattacks by assault groups of the Ukrainian army," the ministry said.
The Ukrainian army’s losses in that frontline area over the past 24 hours amounted to 470 personnel, nine motor vehicles, a 155mm FH70 howitzer and a 105mm L119 artillery gun of British manufacture, a 152mm Msta-B howitzer and two 122mm D-30 howitzers, it specified.
In addition, Russian troops destroyed three ammunition depots of the Ukrainian army, it said.
Russia’s Battlegroup South inflicts 710 casualties on Ukrainian army over past day
Russia’s Battlegroup South inflicted roughly 710 casualties on Ukrainian troops and destroyed a German-made Leopard tank in its area of responsibility over the past day, the ministry reported.
"Battlegroup South units improved their tactical position and inflicted damage on manpower and equipment of the Ukrainian army’s 24th, 32nd and 54th mechanized and 79th air assault brigades in areas near the settlements of Chasov Yar, Verkhnekamenskoye, Seversk and Katerinovka in the Donetsk People’s Republic. They repulsed a counterattack by an assault group of the Ukrainian army," the ministry said.
The Ukrainian army’s losses in that frontline area over the past 24 hours amounted to 710 personnel, a German-made Leopard tank, a US-made M113 armored personnel carrier, three US-made 155mm M777 howitzers, two motor vehicles, a British-made 155mm FH70 howitzer, two British-made 105mm L119 artillery guns, a 152mm D-20 howitzer, two 122mm D-30 howitzers and two Anklav-N electronic warfare stations, it specified.
In addition, Russian troops destroyed three ammunition depots of the Ukrainian army, it said.
Russia’s Battlegroup Center strikes six Ukrainian army brigades over past day
Russia’s Battlegroup Center kept advancing westward and struck six Ukrainian army brigades in its area of responsibility over the past day, the ministry reported.
"Battlegroup Center units kept advancing westward and inflicted casualties on the Ukrainian army’s 31st, 32nd, 47th and 53rd mechanized, 151st motorized infantry and 111th territorial defense brigades in areas near the settlements of Dzerzhinsk, Zhelannoye, Novgorodskoye, Grodovka and Vozdvizhenka in the Donetsk People’s Republic. They repelled three counterattacks by enemy assault groups," the ministry said.
Russia’s Battlegroup Center inflicts 350 casualties on Ukrainian army over past day
Russia’s Battlegroup Center inflicted roughly 350 casualties on Ukrainian troops in its area of responsibility over the past day, the ministry reported.
"The Ukrainian army lost as many as 350 personnel, a tank, an armored personnel carrier, a 152mm Msta-B howitzer, five 122mm D-30 howitzers, a US-made 105mm M119 artillery gun and a 100mm Rapira gun," the ministry said.
Russia’s Battlegroup East improves frontline positions over past day
Russia’s Battlegroup East improved its frontline positions and inflicted roughly 150 casualties on Ukrainian troops in its area of responsibility over the past day, the ministry reported.
"Battlegroup East units improved their forward edge positions and inflicted damage on manpower and equipment of the Ukrainian army’s 116th mechanized, 108th, 120th and 129th territorial defense brigades in areas near the settlements of Rovnopol, Velikaya Novosyolka and Vodyanoye in the Donetsk People’s Republic and Zaliznichnoye in the Zaporozhye Region," the ministry said.
The Ukrainian army’s losses in that frontline area over the past 24 hours amounted to 150 personnel, two armored combat vehicles, six motor vehicles, a Polish-made 155mm Krab self-propelled artillery system, a US-made 155mm Paladin self-propelled artillery gun and a 152mm D-20 howitzer, it specified.
Russia’s Battlegroup Dnepr wipes out Ukrainian ammo depot over past day
Russia’s Battlegroup Dnepr inflicted casualties on three Ukrainian army brigades and destroyed an enemy ammunition depot in its area of responsibility over the past day, the ministry reported.
"Battlegroup Dnepr units inflicted casualties on formations of the Ukrainian army’s 128th mountain assault, 35th marine infantry and 121st territorial defense brigades in areas near the settlements of Lugovoye and Pyatikhatki in the Zaporozhye Region and Tyaginka in the Kherson Region," the ministry said.
The Ukrainian army’s losses in that frontline area over the past 24 hours amounted to 100 personnel, seven motor vehicles, a US-made 155mm Paladin self-propelled artillery system, a US-manufactured 155mm M777 howitzer, a US-made AN/TPQ-36 counterbattery radar station and a 152mm D-20 howitzer, it specified.
In addition, Russian troops destroyed an ammunition depot of the Ukrainian army, it said.
Russian air defenses destroy 42 Ukrainian UAVs, two HIMARS rockets over past day
Russian air defense forces shot down 42 Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), two HIMARS rockets and a Neptune long-range missile over the past day, the ministry reported.
"Air defense capabilities shot down two US-made HIMARS rockets, a Neptune long-range missile and 42 unmanned aerial vehicles," the ministry said.
In all, the Russian Armed Forces have destroyed 631 Ukrainian warplanes, 278 helicopters, 28,734 unmanned aerial vehicles, 556 surface-to-air missile systems, 16,732 tanks and other armored combat vehicles, 1,393 multiple rocket launchers, 12,597 field artillery guns and mortars and 24,225 special military motor vehicles since the start of the special military operation, the ministry reported.
Hamas has already pledged to take revenge after the Palestinian militant group’s political bureau chief Ismail Haniyeh was assassinated in Tehran.
The assassination of Ismail Haniyeh "clearly had the support and foreknowledge of the United States and the United Kingdom," retired CIA intelligence officer and State Department official Larry Johnson insisted in an interview with Sputnik.
"I say that because we also have news reports now coming in that the US and UK warships are headed into the Mediterranean. On one of the US ships is probably a Marine Expeditionary Unit," Johnson said.
So the situation "has now escalated tensions in the region beyond what they were, even after the attack on the Iranian consul in April in Beirut," according to him.
Responding to that attack, Iran "sent a very clear message to Israel that in the future, any further provocations like this would be met with force, and now both Hezbollah and Iran have been incited to respond and Israel is calculating that it can withstand the blows," the former CIA intelligence officer added.
"This is extremely dangerous. […] This attack [on Haniyeh] was so blatant that I don't think there will be any restraint on the part of Iran or Hezbollah. I think that this may in fact have been crossing a red line. It is extremely worrisome because this has the hallmarks of being able to spin out of control. And it is, we're now in a situation of wait and see," Johnson stressed.
The remarks come after the Palestinian militant group Hamas confirmed in a statement that Haniyeh was killed in what Hamas said was an Israeli raid on his residence in Tehran after he attended the inauguration of the new Iranian President, Masoud Pezeshkian.
Haniyeh "passed as a result of a treacherous Zionist raid," Hamas insisted, while the movement’s politburo member Mousa Abu Marzook condemned the assassination as a "cowardly action" that he warned would not go unanswered.
Who Was Ismail Haniyeh?
Hamas has confirmed the death of its politburo chief Ismail Haniyeh, which was killed in what the Palestinian militant group said was an Israeli raid on his residence in Tehran after he participated in the inauguration of the new Iranian president, Masoud Pezeshkian.
Haniyeh was born in a refugee camp near Gaza City in 1962, joining Hamas in the late 1980s during the First Intifada, or uprising.
The 62-year-old served as prime minister of the Palestinian Authority between 2006 and 2007, after Hamas won a majority of seats in the Palestinian legislative elections at the time.
After the establishment of a Hamas-led administration in the Gaza Strip, as a result of Hamas’ spat with rival Fatah faction, Haniyeh served as the leader of the de facto government in Gaza in 2007-2014.
Haniyeh left Gaza in December 2019, living in Turkiye and Qatar, and building up his authority to represent Hamas abroad.
His most notable previous visits included the funeral of Qassem Soleimani, a top commander of the Iranian Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) who was killed by a US drone strike in 2020, and the inauguration of Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi in 2021.
In April of this year, Israeli airstrikes killed three of Haniyeh’s sons and four of his grandchildren, with Haniyeh making clear at the time that their deaths would not affect the ceasefire, and the hostage talks that were under way back then.
Hamas's Ismail Haniyeh lived in Qatar [File: Vahid Salemi/AP]
The leader of the Palestinian group Hamas, Ismail Haniyeh, has been assassinated in Iran, officials in the country have said.
Iran’s state television made the announcement of the killing early on Wednesday, and was confirmed by Hamas.
A Revolutionary Guards statement said that Haniyeh and a security guard had been ambushed in their place of residence.
The Guards said what caused the incident was not yet known, but an investigation is underway.
Hamas politburo chief Ismail Haniyeh was killed in the Iranian capital of Tehran, the Mehr news agency reported on Wednesday.
The agency said Haniyeh and one of his bodyguards were "martyred" after their residence in Tehran was targeted.
"With condolences to the heroic nation of Palestine and the Islamic nation and the combatants of the Resistance Front and the noble nation of Iran, this morning (Wednesday) the residence of Mr. Dr. Ismail Haniyeh, the head of the political office of the Islamic Resistance of Hamas, was hit in Tehran, and following this incident, he and one of his bodyguards were martyred," a statement from the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) read.
Iran is investigating the causes of the killing of Hamas politburo chief Ismail Haniyeh and his bodyguard in Tehran, with the results to be announced soon, the Tasnim news agency reported on Wednesday, citing the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps. Earlier on Wednesday, Palestinian movement Hamas said that Haniyeh was killed in an Israeli attack on his residence in Tehran after he took part in the inauguration of Iran's newly elected president.
Palestinian movement Hamas said on Wednesday that the movement’s politburo chief, Ismail Haniyeh, was killed in an Israeli attack on his residence in the Iranian capital of Tehran.
"The Islamic Resistance Movement Hamas expresses condolences to the sons of our great Palestinian people ... Ismail Haniyeh, the head of the movement ... was killed as a result of a treacherous Zionist attack on his residence in Tehran after he participated in the inauguration ceremony of the new president of Iran," the movement said on Telegram.
Iran's new president Masoud Pezeshkian was sworn in on Tuesday.
Hamas’s political chief Ismail Haniyeh has been assassinated in Iran’s capital, Tehran, according to a statement from the group that governs Gaza, which blamed Israel for his death.
Haniyeh and one of his bodyguards were killed after the building where they were staying was struck, the statement said, adding that Haniyeh was in Tehran to attend the inauguration ceremony of Iran’s President Masoud Pezeshkian on Tuesday
“The Islamic Resistance Movement Hamas mourns to our great Palestinian people, to the Arab and Islamic nation, and to all the free people of the world: Brother, leader, martyr, Mujahid Ismail Haniyeh, the head of the movement, who was killed in a treacherous Zionist raid on his residence in Tehran,” Hamas said.
Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) also announced Haniyeh’s death.
“Early this morning, the residence of Ismail Haniyeh in Tehran was struck, resulting in his and one of his bodyguards’ martyrdom. The cause is under investigation and will be announced soon,” the IRGC said in a statement.
An Israeli Terrorist attempt to kill Fuad Shukr, commander of Lebanese Shia movement Hezbollah, has failed, a source holding a senior position in the movement said on Tuesday.
"The Israeli strikes had been aimed at assassinating commander Fuad Shukr. The assassination attempt has failed," the source said.
At least 17 people, including six children, were injured on Tuesday as a result of the Israeli strike of the Haret Hreik municipality in the Dahieh suburbs south of Lebanon's capital, Beirut, Lebanese broadcaster Al Jadeed reported, citing its correspondent.
Hezbollah says that Shukr survived the attack and the group has denied responsibility for the attack on Majdal Shams.
Fuad Shukr, who Israel terrorists said was the target of the strike in southern Beirut, has been one of Hezbollah’s leading military figures since it was established more than four decades ago.
Shukr was a friend of the group’s late military commander Imad Mughniyeh, who was assassinated in Damascus in 2008, Hezbollah sources told the Reuters news agency.
The US-support israel terrorists says Shukr, believed to be in his 60s, played a central role in the 1983 bombing of the US Marine barracks in Beirut, which killed 241 US military personnel and put a bounty of up to $5m on his head.
Also known as Al-Hajj Mohsin, Hezbollah sources said Shukr is a special adviser to Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah and a member of the Shura Council, a decision-making body.
Sources said he became more prominent in Hezbollah after the assassination of Mughniyeh – a shadowy figure remembered in Hezbollah as a military mastermind who was on the US list of most wanted terrorists.
Hezbollah sources said Shukr fought Israeli terrorists troops during Terrorists Israel’s 1982 invasion alongside Mughniyeh and Mustafa Badreddine, another of Hezbollah’s veteran commanders who was killed in Syria in 2016.
Hamas has strongly condemned Israeli Terrorists strike on Beirut's suburb and stated full solidarity with Lebanon.
Lebanese PM Najib Mikati also condemned "the Israeli aggression against the southern suburbs of Beirut", considering it "a link in a series of aggressive operations".
"We put the Israeli aggression before the international community to bear responsibilitiy and oblige Israel to stop its aggression. We will reserve our full right to take all necessary measures that contribute to deterring Israeli aggression," stated Mikati, as quoted by Al Jazeera.
The Russian Foreign Ministry said the strikes on Lebanon are a gross violation of international law.
The Russian Defense Ministry on Monday reported the destruction of another Ukraine-operated M1 Abrams tank, and shared drone footage of an artillery strike on the vehicle.
The US-made tank was found to the northwest of the Russian city of Avdeevka in Donetsk People’s Republic and a 152-mm Msta-S self-propelled howitzer was deployed to strike it. The heavy vehicle became stuck in the mud and was unable to drive away, the military said.
The howitzer fired a single Krasnopol guided shell, scoring a direct hit. The tank was destroyed on the spot with all of its occupants, a crew member of the Msta-S said.
Footage shared by the ministry shows the tank stuck with one of its tracks in a ditch, appearing to be an overgrown trench. The Krasnopol shell was guided by an Orlan-30 drone that had been tracking the tank.
Washington pledged a batch of some 31 M1 Abrams tanks and several M1150 Assault Breacher Vehicles – which are based on the same chassis – in January 2023 ahead of the long-hyped yet ultimately disastrous Ukrainian counteroffensive. The tanks made it to Ukraine only in mid-October, when the counteroffensive drive was largely exhausted.
The tanks starred in multiple Ukrainian propaganda videos before making an actual battlefield debut in February this year, when the vehicles were deployed in an effort to stabilize the frontline after the liberation of Avdeevka by the Russian troops. Over a dozen of the tanks have been destroyed since then.
Russian troops liberate Leninskoye community in DPR over past day — top brass
Russia’s Battlegroup Center liberated the settlement of Leninskoye in the Donetsk People’s Republic (DPR) over the past day in the special military operation in Ukraine, the Russian Defense Ministry reported on Tuesday.
"Battlegroup Center units liberated the settlement of Leninskoye in the Donetsk People’s Republic as a result of active operations and improved their tactical position," the ministry said in a statement.
Russia’s Battlegroup North strikes four Ukrainian brigades over past day
Russia’s Battlegroup North struck four Ukrainian army brigades and inflicted more than 250 casualties on Ukrainian troops in its area of responsibility over the past day, the ministry reported.
"Battlegroup North units inflicted damage on manpower and equipment of the Ukrainian army’s 57th mechanized, 82nd air assault, 36th marine infantry and 3rd National Guard brigades in areas near the settlements of Staritsa, Liptsy, Volchansk and Tikhoye in the Kharkov Region. During the last 24-hour period, they repelled seven counterattacks by assault groups of the Ukrainian army’s 42nd mechanized, 57th motorized infantry and 92nd assault brigades," the ministry said.
The Ukrainian army’s losses over the past 24 hours amounted to more than 250 personnel, a US-made HMMWV armored vehicle, two pickup trucks, a US-made 155mm M777 howitzer, a 152mm Giatsint-B field gun and a 122mm D-30 howitzer, it specified.
In addition, Russian troops destroyed a Plastun electronic reconnaissance station and a field ammunition depot of the Ukrainian army, the ministry said.
Russia’s Battlegroup West inflicts 500 casualties on Ukrainian army over past day
Russia’s Battlegroup West improved its frontline positions and inflicted roughly 500 casualties on Ukrainian troops in its area of responsibility over the past day, the ministry reported.
"Battlegroup West units improved their forward edge positions and inflicted casualties on formations of the Ukrainian army’s 14th, 67th and 115th mechanized, 3rd assault, 110th and 125th territorial defense brigades near Sinkovka and Tabayevka in the Kharkov Region, Makeyevka in the Lugansk People’s Republic, Krasny Liman and Terny in the Donetsk People’s Republic," the ministry said.
The Ukrainian army’s losses in that frontline area over the past 24 hours amounted to 500 personnel, a tank, two armored combat vehicles, three pickup trucks, a 155mm Bogdana self-propelled artillery system, a US-made 155mm M198 artillery gun, two 122mm D-30 howitzers and a US-made 105mm M119 artillery system, it specified.
In addition, Russian troops destroyed a Croatian-made RAK-SA-12 multiple rocket launcher, Bukovel-AD and Anklav electronic warfare stations and two field ammunition depots of the Ukrainian army, the ministry said.
Russia’s Battlegroup South inflicts 650 casualties on Ukrainian army over past day
Russia’s Battlegroup South inflicted roughly 650 casualties on Ukrainian troops and destroyed three enemy ammunition depots in its area of responsibility over the past day, the ministry reported.
"Battlegroup South units gained more advantageous positions in active operations and inflicted damage on manpower and equipment of the Ukrainian army’s 24th, 28th, 32nd and 54th mechanized and 79th air assault brigades in areas near the settlements of Verkhnekamenskoye, Belaya Gora, Chasov Yar, Aleksandro-Shultino, Seversk and Katerinovka in the Donetsk People’s Republic. They repelled a counterattack by a formation of the Ukrainian army’s 5th assault brigade," the ministry said.
The Ukrainian army’s losses in that frontline area over the past 24 hours amounted to 650 personnel, three armored combat vehicles, two motor vehicles, three US-made 155mm M777 howitzers, two US-made 155mm M198 howitzers, two 152mm D-20 howitzers and two US-made 105mm M119 artillery guns, it specified.
In addition, Russian troops destroyed three field ammunition depots of the Ukrainian army, it said.
Russia’s Battlegroup Center strikes five Ukrainian army brigades over past day
Russia’s Battlegroup Center struck five Ukrainian army brigades in its area of responsibility over the past day, the ministry reported.
Battlegroup Center units "inflicted casualties on the Ukrainian army’s 31st, 32nd and 47th mechanized, 1st tank and 68th infantry brigades in areas near the settlements of Toretsk, Zhelannoye, Vozdvizhenka, Sergeyevka, Grodovka, Nikolayevka and Novgorodskoye in the Donetsk People’s Republic. They repelled six counterattacks by assault groups of the Ukrainian army’s 53rd, 100th, 110th and 151st mechanized, 142nd infantry and 95th air assault brigades," the ministry said.
The Ukrainian army’s losses in that frontline area over the past 24 hours amounted to 315 personnel, a tank, two infantry fighting vehicles, six motor vehicles and two 122mm D-30 howitzers, it said.
Russia’s Battlegroup East inflicts over 125 casualties on Ukrainian army in past day
Russia’s Battlegroup East inflicted more than 125 casualties on Ukrainian troops in its area of responsibility over the past day, the ministry reported.
"Battlegroup East units improved their forward edge positions and inflicted damage on manpower and equipment of the Ukrainian army’s 72nd and 116th mechanized and 58th motorized infantry brigades in areas near the settlements of Vodyanoye, Storozhevoye and Makarovka in the Donetsk People’s Republic and Gulyaipole in the Zaporozhye Region," the ministry said.
The Ukrainian army’s losses in that frontline area over the past 24 hours amounted to more than 125 personnel, an armored combat vehicle, seven motor vehicles, a British-made 155mm FH70 howitzer and a US-made 155mm M198 howitzer, it specified.
Russia’s Battlegroup Dnepr destroys four Ukrainian ammo depots over past day
Russia’s Battlegroup Dnepr destroyed four Ukrainian ammunition depots and inflicted roughly 90 casualties on enemy troops in its area of responsibility over the past day, the ministry reported.
"Battlegroup Dnepr units inflicted casualties on formations of the Ukrainian army’s 141st infantry, 128th mountain assault and 35th marine infantry brigades in areas near the settlements of Novodanilovka, Lobkovoye and Kamenskoye in the Zaporozhye Region and Tyaginka in the Kherson Region," the ministry said.
The Ukrainian army’s losses in that frontline area over the past 24 hours amounted to 90 personnel, three motor vehicles, a 122mm D-30 howitzer, an Anklav-N electronic warfare station and four field ammunition depots, it specified.
Russian troops wipe out Ukrainian Mars-L radar station over past day
Russian troops destroyed a Ukrainian Mars-L radar station over the past day, the ministry reported.
"Operational/tactical aircraft, unmanned aerial vehicles, missile troops and artillery of the Russian groups of forces destroyed a Mars-L aerial reconnaissance radar station and struck massed enemy manpower and military equipment in 137 areas," the ministry said.
Russian air defenses destroy US-made Patriot missile, 45 Ukrainian UAVs over past day
Russian air defense forces shot down a US-made Patriot surface-to-air missile and 45 Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) over the past day, the ministry reported.
"Air defense capabilities shot down seven US-made HIMARS rockets, a missile of a US-made Patriot surface-to-air missile system and 45 unmanned aerial vehicles," the ministry said.
In all, the Russian Armed Forces have destroyed 631 Ukrainian warplanes, 278 helicopters, 28,692 unmanned aerial vehicles, 556 surface-to-air missile systems, 16,725 tanks and other armored combat vehicles, 1,393 multiple rocket launchers, 12,567 field artillery guns and mortars and 24,201 special military motor vehicles since the start of the special military operation, the ministry reported.
