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Russian Perspective: Russian Defence Ministry report on the progress of the special military operation (7 May 2024)
2024-05-08
Direct Translation Via Google Translate. Edited.

Russian ministry of defense failed to post their daily briefing, so we slumming today.

[NewsFront] 21:48 Tankers of the Dnepr group destroyed UAV control center and field warehouse of the Ukrainian Armed Forces on the right bank of the Dnieper

During aerial reconnaissance by UAV units on the right bank of the Dnieper, enemy targets were identified. The tank crew worked at given coordinates from a closed firing position and destroyed enemy targets.

20:44 FPV drone crews of the “Southern” group of forces smash Ukrainian Armed Forces facilities

Operators of attack FPV drones of the “Southern” group of forces destroyed a dugout, equipment and personnel of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Donetsk direction of the Northern Military District.

Aerial reconnaissance detected enemy movements in one of the dugouts, as well as the movement of enemy equipment towards the line of combat contact. The professional work of the crews of FPV drone operators made it possible to strike the identified targets as quickly and effectively as possible. Objective control confirmed the destruction of a dugout, two armored combat vehicles and a concentration of manpower of the Ukrainian Armed Forces during an attempt to carry out rotation.

19:09 Employees of the Russian Ministry of Emergency Situations were wounded during an attack by a Ukrainian Armed Forces drone in Gorlovka DPR - RF Ministry of Emergency Situations

18:14 An elderly man was injured as a result of an explosion on an anti-personnel mine “Lepestok” in the Kuibyshevsky district of Donetsk, said the mayor of the city Alexey Kulemzin

17:08 An elderly man was injured as a result of an explosion on the Lepestok anti-personnel mine in the Kuibyshevsky district of Donetsk, the mayor of the city Alexey Kulemzin said inTelegram channel.

16:11 Artillerymen of the 1st Army Corps of the “Southern” Group of Forces destroyed stronghold of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the Donetsk direction of the Northern Military District.

16:10 Ukrainian troops at 13:38 dropped an explosive object from an unmanned aerial vehicle on the Nikitovsky district of Gorlovka - JCCC

15:15 Crews of the Buk-M1 air defense system of the Vostok group of troops successfullyshoot downall types of foreign missiles and missiles in the South Donetsk direction in the Northeast Military District zone.

15:03 The Armed Forces of Ukraine shelled Shebekino, the facilities of an industrial enterprise were damaged, regional governor Vyacheslav Gladkov said

15:00 New briefing from the Russian Ministry of Defense:

🔹The Ukrainian Armed Forces lost up to 335 military personnel and a Leopard 1 tank in the area of ​​responsibility of the Russian group of troops “West”.

🔹Units of the Center group improved their tactical position, the Ukrainian Armed Forces lost up to 395 military personnel and an Abrams tank.

🔹During the day, Russian air defense shot down 32 UAVs of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, 7 Hammer bombs, and 7 Vampire MLRS shells.

🔹The Ukrainian Armed Forces lost up to 600 soldiers and one tank in the area of ​​responsibility of the Russian group “South”.

🔹The Russian Armed Forces repelled a counterattack of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the Ocheretin area in the DPR.

🔹Units of the Vostok group occupied more advantageous positions within 24 hours, and the losses of the Ukrainian Armed Forces amounted to up to 170 military personnel.

14:32 Belgorod City Hall reported Telegram channel about the shelling of the city of Shebekino, calling on residents to take shelter.

13:20 Since the beginning of the day, Ukrainian troops have fired five 155-mm caliber shells at Donetsk and Gorlovka, including cluster-type ones, reported on Tuesday DPR representative office at the Joint Center for Control and Coordination of Issues Related to War Crimes of Ukraine.

12:58 Statement by the head of the press center of the Dnepr group

Formations and military units of the Dnepr group of troops are conducting combat operations to destroy the enemy in the zone of a special military operation.

During the day, units of the Dnepr group of troops inflicted fire on accumulations of manpower and equipment of the 141st infantry brigade, 65th mechanized brigade, and 35th marine brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the areas of Stepnoye, Rabotino and Tokarevka.

The enemy lost up to 40 military personnel, four 155-mm M777 howitzers, a 152-mm D-20 howitzer, a 122-mm D-30 howitzer and the Nota electronic warfare station.

11:39 Tankers from the group covering the state border destroyed strongholds of Ukrainian terrorist formations in the area bordering the Belgorod region on the territory of Ukraine.

11:38 Around 11.00 Moscow time, another attempt by the Kyiv regime to carry out a terrorist attack using aircraft-type UAVs on targets on the territory of the Russian Federation was stopped.

Duty air defense systems destroyed a Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicle over the territory of the Belgorod region.

10:40 Crews of FPV drones of the 19th Guards Motorized Rifle Division of the Dnepr groupripped offenemy rotation in the Zaporozhye region.

09:32 The SBU will knock on the door of every Ukrainian, and most men will have to end up in the TCC. This was stated by Ukrainian journalist Natalya Moseychuk.

09:15 Attack aircraft of the 11th Air Force and Air Defense Army of the Vostok groupinflictedattack on the positions of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in Urozhayn.

08:21 Over the past 24 hours, the armed formations of Ukraine carried out further shelling residential areas of the DPR.

As a result of the shelling of the Kuibyshevsky district of Donetsk, in which the enemy used NATO-style MLRS, apartment buildings and private residential buildings in the residential area of ​​the district were damaged. In addition, as a result of an enemy dropping an explosive object from a UAV in the Kirovsky district of Donetsk, a woman born in 1987 was injured.

In addition, Ukrainian militants carried out shelling throughout the day using 155-mm caliber artillery, including cluster warheads from the Petrovsky district of Donetsk, as well as the Nikitovsky and Central City districts of Gorlovka.

In total, 5 residential buildings, 1 car and 1 civilian infrastructure facility were damaged by DPR shelling.

08:14 As a result of assault operations in the area of ​​the settlement. Staromayorskoye (Vremevsky salient) three Ukrainian soldiers were captured -video.

08:11 Russian artillerymen of the border covering groupreportedabout the partial destruction of a group of Ukrainian Armed Forces in a shelter in the Kharkov region. After being hit by a 122-mm gun, the militants fled into the forest, where they were chased by howitzer crews.

08:00 Over the past 24 hours, Ukrainian troops shelled the territory of the DPR 15 times, firing 41 ammunition, the JCCC reported.

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