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Russian Perspective: Russian Defence Ministry report on the progress of the special military operation (29 December 2024)
Linked article is available only through a VPN[EngMilRu] The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation continue the special military operation.  In Kharkov direction, the Sever Group of Forces hit formations of a mechanised brigade of the AFU and a territorial defence brigade close to Volchansk and Tikhoye (Kharkov region). The enemy lost up to 40 troops, a motor vehicle, a 152mm D-20 gun, a 152mm Giatsint-S gun, and two 122mm D-30 howitzers. One electronic warfare station and one ammunition depot were neutralised. The Zapad Group of Forces improved the situation along the front line, inflicted losses on manpower and hardware of a tank brigade, two mechanised brigades of the AFU, a territorial defence brigade, and a national guard brigade near Kunye, Zapadnoye, Dvurechnaya, Glushkovka, Petropavlovka, Lozovaya (Kharkov region), Yampol, and Torskoye (Donetsk People's Republic). Four counter-attacks launched by AFU armed forces were repelled. The AFU losses amounted to up to 420 troops, an armoured personnel carrier, six motor vehicles, a UK-made 155mm Braveheart self-propelled artillery system, and a 152mm D-20 gun. One Anklav-N electronic warfare station and four field ammunition depots were destroyed. The Yug Group of Forces took more advantageous lines, engaged formations of two mechanised brigades, a motorised infantry brigade, an airmobile brigade of the AFU, and a territorial defence brigade of the AFU close to Dalneye, Minkovka, Ostrovskogo, Yantarnoye, Razliv, Chasov Yar, and Kurakhovo (Donetsk People's Republic). Two enemy counterattacks were repelled. The AFU losses amounted to up to 220 troops, a tank, a pick-up truck, a UK-made 155mm FH-70 howitzer, a U.S.-made 105mm M-119 gun, and an electronic warfare station. The Tsentr Group of Forces liberated Novotroitskoye (Donetsk People's Republic) as a result of the successful offensive. The Russian Armed Forces inflicted losses on the manpower and hardware of three mechanised brigades, a motorised infantry brigade, a naval infantry brigade, a territorial defence brigade, and an assault brigade of the National Police of Ukraine near Krasnoarmeysk, Zarya, Vozdvizhenka, Dzerzhinsk, Shevchenko, Dachenskoye, Novoolenovka, and Peschanoye (Donetsk People's Republic). In addition, 11 AFU counterattacks were repelled. The AFU losses amounted to more than 480 troops, three infantry fighting vehicles, five armoured fighting vehicles, five pick-up trucks, a Polish-made 155mm Krab self-propelled artillery system, a 152mm D-20 gun, a 152mm Msta-B howitzer, and a 122mm D-30 howitzer. The Vostok Group of Forces advanced further to the depths of the enemy's defence and hit formations of a mechanised brigade, a motorised infantry brigade of the AFU, and a territorial defence brigade near Ravnopol and Zelenoye Pole of the Donetsk People's Republic. Two counterattacks launched by enemy assault detachments were repelled. The AFU losses amounted to up to 170 troops, a tank, three motor vehicles, a U.S.-made 155mm Paladin self-propelled artillery system, a 152mm 2S3 Akatsiya self-propelled artillery system, and a 152mm D-20 gun. The Dnepr Group of Forces engaged manpower and hardware a mechanised brigade, an infantry brigade of the AFU , and two territorial defence brigades close to Kamenskoye (Zaporozhye region), Antonovka, Sadovoye, and Mikhaylovka (Kherson region). The AFU lost up to 70 troops, two motor vehicles, an electronic warfare station, and a Dutch-made Squire reconnaissance radar station. Operational-Tactical Aviation, attack drones, Missile Troops and Artillery of the Russian Groups of Forces have engaged the infrastructure of military airfields, the launch site of unmanned aerial vehicles as well as clusters of manpower and military hardware of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in 137 areas. Air defence units shot down 61 fixed-wing unmanned aerial vehicles. In total, since the beginning of the special military operation, 650 aircraft, 283 helicopters, 38,813 unmanned aerial vehicles, 590 anti-aircraft missile systems, 20,083 tanks and other armoured fighting vehicles, 1,504 MLRS combat vehicles, 20,073 field artillery guns and mortars, and 29,621 units of support military vehicles have been neutralised. More from the Russian Ministry of Defense Russian Defence Ministry reports on repelling AFU attempt to invade Russian territory in Kursk region (29 December 2024) The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation continue the operation to neutralise an enemy group, which broke into the territory of Kursk region. During the offensive, the Sever Group of Forces inflicted fire damage on formations of a heavy mechanised brigade, four mechanised brigades, three air assault brigades, a naval infantry brigade, two territorial defence brigades, and an assault battalion of the Armed Forces of Ukraine close to Daryino, Kurilovka, Leonidovo, Loknya, Malaya Loknya, Maryevka, Nizhny Klin, Nikolayevo-Daryino, Novaya Sorochina, and Cherkasskoye Porechnoye. Three attacks of enemy assault groups were repelled. Operational-Tactical and Army aviation, and Artillery strikes engaged AFU manpower and hardware close to Aleksandria, Viktorovka, Guyevo, Kruglenkoye, Lebedevka, Nikolsky, Pogrebki, Russkoye Porechnoye, Sverdlikovo, Staraya Sorochina, Sudzha as well as Belovody, Bogdanovka, Zhuravka, and Miropolye in Sumy region. The AFU losses amounted to up to 400 troops during the day, three tanks, three infantry fighting vehicles, an armoured personnel carrier, three armoured fighting vehicles, 14 motor vehicles, four artillery guns, a mortar, 13 FPV-drones, and an electronic warfare station. Since the beginning of hostilities in Kursk region, the AFU losses amounted to more than 45,220 troops, 262 tanks, 203 infantry fighting vehicles, 142 armoured personnel carriers, 1,349 armoured fighting vehicles, 1,231 motor vehicles, 336 artillery guns, 42 MLRS launchers, including 11 of HIMARS and six of MLRS made by the USA, 13 anti-aircraft missile launchers, seven transport-loading vehicles, 83 EW stations, 13 counter-battery warfare radars, four air defence radars, 28 units of engineering and other materiel, including 13 counterobstacle vehicles, one UR-77 mine clearing vehicle, six armoured recovery vehicles, and one command post vehicle. The operation to neutralise the AFU units is in progress. 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