During the conference call, he also reportedHe said that during the special operation, more than 30 American M777 howitzers were destroyed. In the past two weeks, the enemy has lost about 400 Javelin and NLAW anti-tank missile systems and more than 120 Stinger portable human air defense systems.
“The uncontrolled delivery of Western weapons to Ukraine seriously threatens the security of the region. In total, as a result of strikes by Russian troops on the military facilities of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, 33 American M777 howitzers and five launchers of the Harpoon anti-ship missile system were destroyed. And also – six launchers and more than 200 HIMARS multiple launch rocket system missiles, “Shoigu said.
Also, according to him, in the past two weeks, Ukrainian troops “lost 396 Javelin and NLAW anti-tank missile systems, 125 Stinger type portable anti-aircraft missile systems.”
Saved lives and liberated lands
Also during the election, Shoigu said that the Russian army has recently occupied six settlements in the DPR.
“Recently, the settlements of Grigorovka, Berestovoye, Stryapovka, Pokrovskoye, Semigorye and Novoluganskoye have been liberated. The Uglegorsk thermal power plant, which is the largest in Europe with a design capacity of 3,600 megawatts, came under our control.”
Shoigu added that in July, Russian air defense systems shot down 34 enemy aircraft in Ukraine, intercepted 39 Tochka-U missiles and 226 multiple rocket launchers, “making it possible to save thousands of lives.”
Separately, he noted the efforts of the Russian army to establish a peaceful life in the liberated Donbass lands.
In total, approximately 1.4 thousand humanitarian aid actions were carried out, with the delivery of over 50,5 thousand tons of cargo. In liberated areas, military builders are restoring civilian infrastructure,” Shoigu added.
According to him, a water channel with a length of about 90 kilometers was built, which provides a water supply of up to 50,000 cubic meters for residents of Donetsk and neighboring regions. Now two more water channels for 60 kilometers are being built for residents of the DPR and LPR. Vital objects are erected and rebuilt.
“These include 12 residential buildings with more than a thousand flats, two multifunctional medical centers with a total capacity of 260 beds, and an administrative and rescue center belonging to the Ministry of Emergencies,” the minister said.
July results
Russia’s First Deputy Representative to the UN, Dmitry Polyansky, said at the organization’s Security Council meeting on Ukraine, that Russia has made significant progress in fulfilling the tasks of a special military operation (SVO). Noting that the systematic offensive in the DPR continues, the diplomat added, adding that the capture of Lisichansk and Severodonetsk allowed the Russian army and the forces of the Donbass republics to completely liberate the territory of the LPR.
The greatest resistance was recorded in the direction of Avdeevka, where the Armed Forces of Ukraine formed an artillery bridge with kilometers of fortifications.
The last major operational success of the joint grouping of the Russian army and the DPR and LPR forces was the capture of the Uglegorsk thermal power plant in Svetlodarsk on July 26. Then the deputy head of the LPR Ministry of Internal Affairs Vitaly Kiselev said that the Armed Forces of Ukraine were dismissed from the initiative. Also on July 26, Kiselev reported that DPR and LPR forces had taken control of the Novoluganskoye settlement. According to him, “two or three days” remained for the troops of the allied forces to unite and fully align the line of contact with the enemy.
“PMC Wagner’s assault detachments occupied the entire territory of the Uglegorsk thermal power plant this morning. Since May 22, it has been held by units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, which, due to the threat of encirclement, withdrawn from Svetlodarsk and its surrounding settlements, ”Kiselev wrote.
In fact, the occupation of the thermal power plant on July 26, 2022 means the repetition and completion of the operational plan of the 2015 Debaltsevo operation (the so-called “Debaltsevo pocket”) of the conflict between the republics of Ukraine and Donbass. .
On July 3, the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation announced the seizure of the settlements Verkhnekamenka, Zolotarevka and Belogorovka. On the same day, Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu announced the establishment of control over Lisichansk and nearby Novodruzhesk, Maloryazantsevo and Belaya Gora. In fact, July 3 was the LPR’s entry into constitutional boundaries.
On July 16, Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu ordered to increase the intensity of actions of Russian troops in all operational areas.
The message of the Ministry of Defense noted that this is “necessary to exclude the possibility of the Kyiv regime launching massive rocket and artillery attacks on civilian infrastructure and residents of the Donbass and other regions.”