The Russian Ministry of Defense reported daily losses among Ukrainian forces in the Kherson direction, noting up to 20 soldiers destroyed per day in ongoing clashes.
The ministry asserted that the enemy’s manpower and equipment concentrations resulted from artillery strikes on the Akatsiya self-propelled howitzer and an ammunition depot near a village in the Ukraine-controlled sector. It also claimed that Taras Shevchenko in the Kherson region was struck in a single day.
Additionally, the Russian defense ministry indicated that about 150 Ukrainian fighters were killed in clashes in the Krasnolimansk and Kupyansk directions. The reported attacks targeted Ukrainian units stationed in the 66th mechanized brigade, the 25th airborne brigade, the 95th airborne assault brigade, and the 81st airborne brigade, with fighting reported near Novosadove, Nevskoye, Chervonopopovka, and Chervonaya Dibrova in the Luhansk and Donetsk People’s Republics, as well as in the Serebryansky forestry area.
The ministry also stated losses included three combat armored vehicles and two cars, in addition to personnel casualties among Ukrainian forces.
Earlier reports indicated that an attack in Donetsk’s Kirovsky district resulted in a Ukrainian fatality and seven injuries.