Russian forces report a major confrontation in the southern sectors of Donetsk and Zaporizhzhia. The defense ministry in Moscow states that the operations targeted Ukrainian units in the areas around Vuhledar, Levadne, and Orekhov.
The ministry describes coordinated actions by aviation and artillery from the Vostok group, aimed at disrupting Ukrainian units in the southern Donetsk and Zaporizhzhia directions. The report emphasizes a complex fire impact that affected Ukrainian forces located in the Vuhledar pocket and the Levadne and Orekhov zones.
According to the defense ministry, Ukrainian forces suffered significant losses in a single day, including up to 40 personnel, one tank, three armored fighting vehicles, and two artillery systems of the Msta-B and D-30 types.
Additionally, in the Malinovka area of the Zaporizhzhia region, the Russian armed forces claim to have destroyed an ammunition depot used by Ukrainian troops.
Since the start of the operation, Russian authorities say their forces have neutralized a substantial portion of Ukrainian air power and military equipment, with thousands of drones, tanks, and armored vehicles reported as eliminated or disabled, alongside other hardware. These figures are provided by the Russian defense ministry as part of ongoing war reporting (attribution: Russian Ministry of Defense).
Recent updates from the Yuzhnodonets direction indicate that more than sixty Ukrainian personnel, three combat armored vehicles, and multiple artillery systems were reported as destroyed in a separate briefing from the Russian defense ministry.