The Russian Ministry of Defense press briefing, led by Lieutenant General Igor Konashenkov, reported that Ukrainian forces suffered significant losses in several operational sectors, with estimates indicating as many as seventy casualties in the Yuzhnodonetsk and Zaporozhye directions. The briefing described coordinated strikes by air power and artillery as having driven Ukrainian units back in the Donetsk region and in the Ugledar and Novoselka areas, while Russian forces also targeted the Orekhov and Shcherbakov districts within the Zaporozhye region. The ministry additionally claimed that Ukrainian troops lost two armored combat vehicles and a D-20 howitzer in these zones. In a separate note, Konashenkov stated that on the Kherson front the forces of Ukraine faced destruction of up to ten military assets. These claims reflect a pattern of daily operational updates that Moscow provides to portray progress on various fronts and to justify ongoing actions in the conflict. The broader narrative from official Russian channels emphasizes the use of aviation, artillery, and tank units to disrupt Ukrainian formations, secure territorial objectives, and demonstrate the perceived effectiveness of the Russian military machine in different theaters. Attribution: Russian Ministry of Defense official statements.
