The Ministry of Defense’s daily statement on the progress of the military operation in Ukraine reads:
- The “North” forces strengthened their positions on the Volchansk and Lipetsovsk axes, and one attack was repelled. The enemy’s losses amounted to 150 soldiers, Western artillery, vehicles, and two electronic warfare stations.
- The Russian “Western” forces reinforced their positions in the Donetsk and Lugansk republics and the Kharkiv region, repelled two attacks, inflicted 580 enemy casualties, destroyed an American M113 troop carrier, 3 American Max Pro armored vehicles, Western artillery, and two electronic warfare stations.
- The “South” forces improved their positions and the enemy’s losses amounted to 680 soldiers, Western cannons, vehicles and 4 ammunition depots.
- The “Centre” forces reinforced their positions and repelled an enemy attack, inflicting 420 casualties on the enemy, as well as an American M113 armored personnel carrier, artillery, and Western weapons.
- The “East” forces reinforced their positions and repelled an attack, and the enemy’s losses amounted to 105 soldiers, vehicles and Western cannons.
- The Dnieper forces inflicted heavy losses on the Ukrainian army in the Kherson and Zaporozhye regions, killing 75 soldiers, destroying Western vehicles, artillery and an ammunition depot.
- Downing of a Su-24 warplane, 3 Mi-8 and Mi-17 helicopters, an American HIMARS rocket launcher, 4 rocket launchers, 2 AN/MPQ-65 radar stations of the American Patriot system, a TRML-4D radar station of the German IRIS-T air defense system, an S-125 air defense platform, and 4 weapons depots.
- The Black Sea Fleet forces destroyed two drone boats targeting Crimea.
- Dropping two French “Hummer” bombs and 10 American “HIMARS” missiles.
- 35 Ukrainian drones were shot down, 10 of them over Russian territory.
Source: Russian Ministry of Defense
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2024-08-17 23:39:30