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Russian Defence Ministry report on the progress of the special military operation (1 October 2023) |
2023-10-02 |
Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited. [EngMilRu] The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation continue the special military operation. ![]() In Donetsk direction, the Yug Group of Forces, supported by aviation and artillery, repelled ten attacks by assault groups of AFU 110th Mechanised, 3rd Assault, and 118th Territorial Defence Brigades close to Andreevka, Kleshcheyevka, Krasnogorovka, and Kurdyumovka (Donetsk People's Republic). The enemy's losses over the past 24 hours have amounted to up to 150 Ukrainian personnel killed or wounded, two tanks, two armoured fighting vehicles, three motor vehicles, one Strela-10 SAM system, as well as one Plastun electronic-intelligence station. One Polish-manufactured Krab artillery system and one 152mm D-20 howitzer were hit during counter-battery warfare. In Krasny Liman direction, three attacks launched by assault groups of the 63rd Mechanised Brigade and the 12th Azov Special Forces Brigade close to Chervonaya Dibrova a(Lugansk People's Republic) and Serebryanskoye forest were repelled by professional efforts of the Tsentr Group of Forces, aviation and artillery. AFU 63rd, 67th Mechanised Brigades' units have been hit near Torskoye (Donetsk People's Republic) and Serebryanskoye forest. Up to 65 Ukrainian personnel, two armoured fighting vehicles, two pickup trucks, and two122mm D-30 howitzers were eliminated. In South Donetsk direction, the Vostok Group of Forces repelled four attacks of the AFU 128th Territorial Defence Brigade's assault groups close to Priyutnoye (Zaporozhye region). Ground-Attack Aviation, artillery, and heavy flamethrower systems defeated manpower and hardware of AFU 72nd Mechanised, 58th Up to 35 Ukrainian troops and two motor vehicles have been neutralised. In the course of the counterbattery warfare, one UK-manufactured FH70, two 152mm D-20 howitzers, and one 122mm BM-21 Grad MLRS were destroyed. In Zaporozhye direction, the Russian grouping of forces, supported by Ground-Attack Aviation and helicopters, repelled two attacks by assault groups of the AFU 65th, 117th Mechanised Brigades close to Rabotino and Verbovoye (Zaporozhye region). In addition, air strikes and artillery fire struck the personnel and hardware of the 65th Mechanised Brigade north of Rabotino (Zaporozhye region). Up to 30 Ukrainian personnel, one tank, two armoured fighting vehicles, and two motor vehicles were neutralised. In addition, one 152mm D-20 howitzer, one 122mm D-30 howitzer, and one U.S.-made M777 artillery system were hit during counterbattery warfare. In Kupyansk direction, aviation and artillery of the Zapad Group of Forces inflicted fire damage on manpower and hardware of the 14th, 32nd Mechanised, and 25th Airborne Brigades of the Armed Forces of Ukraine close to Zagoruikovka, Ivanovka (Kharkov region), Rozovka and Novoselovskoye (Lugansk People's Republic). Up to 25 Ukrainian troops and two motor vehicles have been neutralised. In the course of the counterbattery warfare, one 152mm Msta-B howitzer and one 122mm BM-21 Grad MLRS were destroyed. One ammunition depot of the AFU 1st Special Operations Brigade was destroyed close to Volchansk (Kharkov region). In Kherson direction, up to 30 Ukrainian servicemen, two motor vehicles, and one 122mm D-30 howitzer have been neutralised by fire. Two AFU sabotage and reconnaissance groups' actions were repelled on Pereyaslavsky Island. One warehouse of missile and artillery weapons belonging to the Ukrainian Armed Forces has been destroyed near Snegirevka (Nikolayevka region). Operational-Tactical and Army aviation, Missile Troops and Artillery of the Russian Group of Forces have engaged AFU manpower and hardware in 103 areas during the day. One P-18 air target detection and tracking radar station was destroyed near Nikanorovka (Donetsk People's Republic). In addition, the command and observation post of AFU 110th, 67th Mechanised Brigades close to Avdievka, manpower and hardware of the 72nd Mechanised Brigade near Dachnoye (Donetsk People's Republic), and the 38th Naval Infantry Brigade at the loading station close to Ukrainka (Zaporozhye region) were hit. Air defence facilities have shot down one Su-25 airplane of Ukrainian Air Force near Kleshcheyevka (Donetsk People's Republic). Five HIMARS MLRS shells and one U.S.-made JDAM aerial guided bomb were shot down. Moreover, 37 unmanned aerial vehicles were shot down near Kremennaya, Krivosheevka, Verkhnekamenka, Belogorovka (Lugansk People's Republic), Petrovskoye, Mariynka, Staromlynovka (Donetsk People's Republic), Ocheretovatoye, Novofedorovka, and Vishnevoye (Zaporozhye region). In total, 483 airplanes and 250 helicopters, 7,314 unmanned aerial vehicles, 439 air defence missile systems, 12,247 tanks and other armoured fighting vehicles, 1,159 combat vehicles equipped with MLRS, 6,611 field artillery cannons and mortars, as well as 13,656 units of special military equipment have been destroyed during the special military operation. |
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