Russian air defense systems shot down 24 UAVs belonging to the Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU) in one day. The Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation reported this in its report. telegram channel.
The ministry said that the drones were destroyed in the settlements of Svatovo, Lisichansk in the Lugansk People’s Republic, Shevchenko in the Donetsk People’s Republic, Nesteryanka, Rivne in the Zaporozhye region, Aleshki and Korsunka in the Kherson region.
In total since the beginning of the special military operation, the following have been destroyed: 550 aircraft, 257 helicopters, 9,632 unmanned aerial vehicles, 442 anti-aircraft missile systems, 13,979 tanks and other armored fighting vehicles, 1,188 multiple launch combat vehicles with rocket systems, 7,297 field guns and mortars and 16,192 There are special military vehicles.
The department is also reportedIn the Krasnolimansk direction, units of the Center group of Russian troops repelled the attack of the 63rd mechanized brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the area of u200bu200bthe village of Chervonaya Dibrova of the Lugansk People’s Republic. Losses of the Armed Forces of Ukraine amounted to 175 soldiers, as well as one infantry fighting vehicle and two vehicles.
Also head of the press center of the group of Russian troops “Vostok” Alexander Gordeev reportedThat the military of the Russian Armed Forces managed to stop three attempts to turn the Ukrainian Armed Forces towards South Donetsk.
For the first time before, Russian troops applied Ka-52M helicopters