Moscow confirmed this Saturday that it “a massive attack“against targets in Ukraine”“High-precision weapons on land and sea bases”including “Kinzhal hypersonic aeroballistic missiles” and “long-range unmanned aerial vehicles,” the Russian Defense Ministry reported in a statement broadcast on its official Telegram channel.
According to the Kremlin, the bombing was “carried out”in response to terrorist attacks by Ukraine against civilian facilities on the territory of Russia“It is within this framework Armed Forces of the Russian Federation They assured that the attack was directed against “enterprises of the Ukrainian defense industry” and “energy facilities that ensure their operation.”
Referring to the Russian statement, it assured that “the aim of the attack was achieved.” All assigned targets were hit“.
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In operational detail, Russia claimed that the units of the “Heavy Forces Group” caused losses “in personnel and materiel of a fighter brigade and an assault regiment of the Ukrainian Armed Forces (AFU)” near Andreyevka in the Sumy region. In addition, the statement in the “Kharkov direction” noted that attacks against “Formations of a mechanized brigade and an assault regiment” near Verkhniy Saltov, Ternovaya and Izbitskoye, in the Kharkiv region.
According to Russia “Enemy losses amounted to 200 soldiers“, also “an armored combat vehicle, two field artillery pieces, four motorized vehicles and an electronic warfare station” as well as “two destroyed ammunition depots”.
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The President of Ukraine, for his part, Volodymyr Zelenskyassured that Russia attacked his country with more than 450 suicide drones and 30 missiles of various types last night mainly the southern region of Odessa, but also those of Dnipropetrovsk (east) and Cherkasy (centre).
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“In total, the enemy has deployed more than 450 attack drones and 30 missiles of different types,” the president said, adding: “Two people were injured in the Odessa region. More than a dozen civilian facilities were damaged across the country. “Thousands of families remain without electricity after the overnight attacks in the Kirovohrad, Nikolayev, Odessa, Sumy, Kharkiv, Kherson and Chernigov regions.”
Zelensky also warned: “It is important that everyone now sees what Russia is doing: every step it takes to terrorize our people, all its attacks, because…” This is clearly not about ending the war.“. And that’s what he said Russia “continues to try to destroy our state and inflict maximum suffering on our people”.
The Russian Defense Ministry also reported that units of the “Zapad group” caused losses “two mechanized assault brigades, an AFU assault brigade and a National Guard brigade“in the areas near Kupyansk-Uzlovoy, Podoly, Drobyshevo and Krasny Liman, in the Kharkov regions and in the Donetsk People’s Republic. In this sector, according to the statement, the enemy lost.”more than 220 soldiers“, in addition to “two tanks, three armored fighting vehicles, 11 motorized vehicles, a US-made Paladin self-propelled artillery system and seven ammunition depots.”
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In another sector of the front, Russia claimed that the units of the “Yug Force Group” “improved the tactical situation” and caused losses “two AFU mechanized brigades and one territorial defense brigade“near Svyatogorsk, Konstantinovka and Stepanovka. According to Moscow, there were Ukrainian losses there.”up to 190 soldiers“, also “one armored fighting vehicle, five motorized vehicles and three material depots.”
The Russian statement added that the units of the “Tsentr Force Group” continue to ““Neutralization of the encircled AFU formations” in the Vostochny and Zapadny districts of Dimitrov and carried out “cleaning” tasks in the settlements of Svetloye and Grishino. In this regard, Moscow assured that “an enemy attack group on motorcycles, supported by tanks,” tried to break through the Russian defenses from Shevchenko to the outskirts of Krasnoarmeisk. but that “the attack was repelled”.
“More than 60 soldiers, three tanks and up to 20 motorcycles were neutralized“, the statement said. In addition, Russia stated that an attempt to withdraw by Ukrainian forces surrounded near Svetloye was thwarted, with “Eleven militants were neutralized and one was captured“Overall, according to Russia, the enemy lost in this direction”more than 480 soldiers“, three tanks, four armored fighting vehicles and three motorized vehicles.”
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The Russian Defense Ministry also stated that the “Vostok Force Group” continued to “penetrate deep into enemy defenses” and inflict casualties “a mechanized brigade, two assault brigades, two AFU assault regiments and a territorial defense brigade” in areas of Dnepropetrovsk and Zaporozhye regions. There, according to the statement, losses amounted to “up to 230 soldiers“, also “four armored fighting vehicles, 15 motorized vehicles and a material depot.”
Meanwhile, units of the “Dnepr Force Group” are said to have inflicted casualties on “a mechanized brigade, an AFU coastal defense brigade and a territorial defense brigade” near Razumovka, Tomarino and Ponyatovka in Zaporozhye and Kherson regions. According to Russia, they have been neutralized in this sector “up to 35 soldiers“, plus “six motor vehicles and four material warehouses”.
The statement added that Russian tactical operational aviation, attack drones, rocket forces and artillery damaged “Ukrainian port infrastructure facilities used in the interests of the AFU,” as well as “ammunition depots” and “areas of temporary deployment of Ukrainian armed formations and foreign mercenaries” in a total of 142 areas. Aside from that, Russia claimed its air defense systems shot down “two projectiles from American MLRS-HIMARS systems.” and “169 unmanned fixed-wing aircraft.”
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In parallel and always according to the Russian version, The statement said that this Saturday two people died in an attack by Ukrainian drones on a residential building in Saratovin central Russia. The regional governor, Roman Busarginstated on Telegram that several departments were damaged. Saratov is located on the banks of the Volga, opposite the town of Engels, where there is an important military base.
The war between Russia and Ukraine continues There were bomb attacks on Ukrainian territory almost every day since the beginning of Moscow’s major offensive in February 2022. Kyiv carries out drone strikes inside Russia and claims that its targets are military and energy infrastructure. The United States maintains contacts with both parties as part of diplomatic efforts and indirect meetings to seek a solution to the nearly four-year-old conflict.
According to the Russian Defense Ministry, Ukraine’s total losses since the beginning of the war
– 669 aircraft
– 283 helicopters
– 102,347 unmanned aerial vehicles
– 639 anti-aircraft missile systems
– 26,524 tanks and other armored fighting vehicles
– 1,630 MLRS combat vehicles
– 31,872 pieces of field artillery and mortars
– 48,940 units of military support vehicles
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