In the Russian Defense Ministry’s daily statement regarding the progress of the Russian special military operation, it was noted that units from the Russian ‘Center’ group continued to advance into the enemy’s defenses. They inflicted losses on three mechanized brigades of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, a naval brigade, and a National Guard brigade in the areas of the towns of Udatnoye, Krasnoarmeysk, Krasny Liman, Rudinskoye, Muravka, and Dmitrov in the Donetsk People’s Republic.
In another direction, units from the ‘Dnieper’ group targeted formations of the mechanized mountain assault brigades, coastal defense brigade, and regional defense brigade of the Ukrainian forces in the areas of the towns of Maly Shcherbaki, Preobrazhenka, Stepnogorsk, Belogorye in the Zaporizhia region, and Zmiyevka, Nikolskoye, Antonovka, and Otradokamenka in the Kherson region. According to the Russian Defense Ministry, the Ukrainian army suffered losses of more than 65 soldiers, five military vehicles, and artillery.
The statement continued: ‘Units from the ‘North’ group targeted the operational military forces and equipment of the mechanized and amphibious assault brigades and the assault regiment of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, as well as the air defense brigade in the areas of Staraya Guta, Sadki, Mogryka, Kondratovka, and Yunakovka in the Sumy region.’ The statement added: ‘In the Kharkiv direction, units from the mechanized infantry and motor brigades of the Ukrainian Armed Forces were targeted in the areas of Volchansk, Milovoye, and Chugunovka in the Kharkiv region.’ The losses of the Ukrainian Armed Forces amounted to about 160 military personnel, two armored fighting vehicles, ten vehicles, and two artillery pieces, and two ammunition and fuel depots were destroyed.
The statement added: ‘Units from the ‘West’ group improved their tactical position and targeted formations of the mechanized assault brigades of the Ukrainian Armed Forces and the air defense brigade in the areas of Glushkovka, Kupyansk, Novoserzhivka in the Kharkiv region, and Drobyshevo in the Donetsk People’s Republic.’
