Sergei Zybinsky, head of the press center of the Russian military group “West”, said: TASSIt was stated that Russian Su-34 fighter-bombers carried out air strikes on the deployment points of two mechanized brigades of the Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU) in the Kupyansky direction.
As the head of the press center noted, the attacks hit temporary deployment points and strongholds of the 32nd and 43rd mechanized brigades of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the area of u200bu200bthe village of Peschanoye.
According to Zybinsky, the crews of heavy flamethrower systems of the group also hit the manpower concentration in the shelters of the 68th Jaeger and 32nd mechanized brigades of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Sergeevka region.
In addition, during the counter-battery battle, the Russian army destroyed four self-propelled artillery units in the Petropavlovka and Peschany areas: two 2S1 Gvozdika, one Krab self-propelled gun and one AS-90 self-propelled gun. According to the head of the press service, the total losses of the Armed Forces of Ukraine amounted to more than two manpower companies, one tank, nine Kozak-2 armored combat vehicles, one mortar, one BTR-70 armored personnel carrier, six unmanned personnel carriers. aircraft and three pickup trucks.
17 October Russian Ministry of Defense reportedIn the Krasnolimansk direction, the Central troop group, army aviation and artillery units repelled two attacks of the assault groups of the 21st and 63rd mechanized brigades of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
Before that, the defense ministry reported that units of the “Western” group were located in the Kupyansk direction with the support of aviation and artillery fire. reflected In seven attacks of the Ukrainian army, the losses of the Armed Forces of Ukraine exceeded 250 people.
Previously three fighters of the Armed Forces of Ukraine swam past Dnieper and surrendered to the Russian Armed Forces.