The Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation reported that the Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU) continues to attempt offensive operations in the Donetsk, South Donetsk and Zaporozhye directions.
In the Donetsk direction, five enemy attacks were repelled in the areas of Artemovsk, Pervomaisky, Petrovsky and Vesele in the Donetsk People’s Republic (DPR). The losses of the Ukrainian Armed Forces were recorded here as 240 fighters, as well as two armored vehicles, two pickup trucks and a self-propelled artillery mount.
In the South-Donetsk direction, in the area of the Vremevsky ledge, two attacks were repelled from the Donetsk People’s Republic in the Staromayorsky direction.
In the Zaporozhye direction, Russian troops continued to carry out air, missile and artillery strikes against the enemy reserves concentrated in the Zaporozhye region. The activities of the sabotage and reconnaissance group of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the Marfopol region were stopped.
The total daily loss of the enemy in these areas was 235 Ukrainian soldiers.
The previous day, Russian President Vladimir Putin met with pilots in the Kremlin. declarationSince the start of the Ukrainian counteroffensive, the Armed Forces of Ukraine have lost more than 250 tanks and about 800 armored vehicles.
Former Defense Minister of Ukraine Oleksiy Reznikov declarationThe “main events” of the counterattack of the Armed Forces of the country have not yet come.