The Russian Ministry of Defense said that Russian air defense systems destroyed 15 unmanned aerial vehicles of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in one day. This was reported to reporters in the department.
The ministry said a total of 418 aircraft, 230 helicopters and 4,042 unmanned aerial vehicles have been destroyed since the start of the conflict.
In addition, the Russian Ministry of Defense reported that Russian attack aircraft continued the offensive in Artemovsk (Ukrainian name – Bakhmut), occupying two more blocks in the northwestern and western parts of the city in the last 24 hours.
According to the ministry’s statement, the attack aircraft were supported by Air Force units, which squeezed the enemy into the wings.
According to the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation, operational-tactical and army aviation attacks in the Donetsk direction, artillery fire from the troop group “South” were organized. applied The defeat of units of the 57th motorized infantry and 80th air assault brigades of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the settlements of Bogdanovka and Stupochki of the Donetsk People’s Republic (DPR).