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Russian Perspective: Russian Defence Ministry report on the progress of the special military operation (25 March 2024)
2024-03-26
Direct Translation Via Google Translate. Edited.

Russian Ministry of defense has failed to post an update, so we are left with this deprecated version from news-front.su

[NewsFront] 22:15 In Ukraine, explosions occurred in the city of Dnepropetrovsk, the publication “STRANA.ua” reported.

21:44 Crew of the Msta-B howitzer of the 1st Army Corpsdestroyedshelter of Ukrainian nationalists

20:33 A civilian was injured during an attack by a Ukrainian Armed Forces drone in the Belgorod region, the governor said

19:55 The Ukrainian Armed Forces shelled the village of Krasnoye, Shebekinsky urban district, there were no casualties, damage to houses was recorded. This was announced by the Governor of the Belgorod Region Vyacheslav Gladkov.

18:13 Operators of the crew of the Orlan-10 complex of the South group of troops around the clockleadreconnaissance of targets and adjustment of artillery fire in the Artemovsk direction.

During combat duty, crews of multifunctional UAV complexes carry out flights to tactical depths for reconnaissance and search for targets, further adjust the fire of various types of weapons, and also monitor fire damage to objects, manpower and equipment of Ukrainian Armed Forces units.

17:30 Two Ukrainian S-200 missiles were destroyed over the Rostov region at about 15.30 Moscow time, the Ministry of Defense reported

17:29 A four-year-old girl was wounded during shelling of residential areas of Kakhovka, Kherson region by the Ukrainian Armed Forces, the child was taken to intensive care. This was announced by the regional governor Vladimir Saldo.

16:39 The Russian Ministry of Defense is dividedpersonnelcombat work of assault detachments of Pacific Fleet marines in the South Donetsk direction of the Northern Military District.

A group of Marine attack aircraft advanced to storm an Ukrainian Armed Forces stronghold after inflicting fire damage from our artillery and targeted work by kamikaze drone operators to destroy enemy fire weapons in positions.

15:38 Attack aircraft of the Pacific Fleet Marine Corpscapturedstronghold of the Ukrainian Armed Forces and four prisoners

14:21 Statement by the head of the press center of the Center group

The Center group of troops continues to carry out combat missions in the special military operation zone.

The group's units inflicted fire on 350 identified targets of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, including 13 strongholds. Aircraft carried out about 40 strikes in the areas of Novokalinovo, Ocheretino, Keramik, and Berdychi. Heavy flamethrower systems inflicted fire on four strong points in the area of ​​Berdychi and Novobakhmutovka.

Enemy losses amounted to more than 300 military personnel. Two tanks, five armored fighting vehicles, including two American-made M113s, and nine cars were destroyed.

As part of the counter-battery fight, two self-propelled artillery units “Akatsiya” and “Gvozdika”, a D-30 howitzer, two 120-mm mortars and an AN/TPQ-50 electronic warfare station were hit. Four unmanned aerial vehicles were shot down by air defense systems.

13:34 The strike hit two Patriot air defense systems in Kyiv at Zhulyany airport, security officials reported

13:33 New briefing from the Russian Ministry of Defense:

– The Russian Armed Forces have destroyed over 17 thousand Ukrainian drones since the beginning of the special operation in Ukraine.

– The Ukrainian Armed Forces lost up to 110 military personnel in the South Donetsk direction in one day.

– The Russian Armed Forces improved the position along the front line in the Avdeevsky direction, repelled 10 counterattacks of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, the enemy lost up to 120 servicemen.

– Russian air defense destroyed 103 drones in one day, shot down 31 HIMARS, Vampire and Uragan MLRS shells.

– The Ukrainian Armed Forces lost up to 175 military personnel in the Donetsk direction per day.

– The Russian Armed Forces destroyed two electronic warfare stations of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Donetsk direction.

– The Russian Armed Forces defeated three brigades of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the Kherson direction within 24 hours.

12:49 Crew of the Msta-B howitzer of the 1st Army Corpsdestroyedshelter of Ukrainian nationalists in the Avdiivka direction of the North Military District

11:33 Statement by the senior officer of the press center of the “South” group

Units of the “Southern” group of forces, supported by air strikes and artillery fire, improved the situation along the front line and defeated the formations of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the areas of Belogorovka, Novomikhailovka and Georgievka.

The Ukrainian Armed Forces lost up to 300 military personnel, an armored combat vehicle, and five vehicles. During the counter-battery fight, the M119 105 mm towed gun was destroyed.

Air defense systems shot down 42 Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles, as well as 5 Khimars and Vampire MLRS missiles.

11:30 During the day, Ukrainian troops carried out 43 artillery strikes on the left bank of the Dnieper in the Kherson region, a source familiar with the situation told RIA Novosti.

10:48 In Belgorod, more than 1.6 thousand apartments and residential buildings were damaged in a week due to shelling by the Armed Forces of Ukraine, the city mayor said

09:11 RF Armed ForcesliquidatedFrench-speaking head of the Normandy Brigade. The mercenary was killed while repelling terrorist attacks in the Belgorod region. 36-year-old Jean-François Ratelle, nicknamed “Hrulf,” is a career military man who served in the Canadian Army and the French Foreign Legion. In February 2022, he went to Ukraine, where he founded the Norman Brigade, which also included mercenaries from Canada, the USA, Great Britain and other countries.

09:06 Military personnel of the Vostok group continue to carry out tasks in the special operation zone. The enemy stronghold wasamazedcrew of 2S5 "Gyacinth-S" of the 68th Army Corps. Two accurate hits on target.

08:22 Artillerymen from the group covering the state border destroyed a group of enemy militants and their stronghold in the area of ​​the settlement. Yasnaya Polyana Zaporozhye region –video.

08:14 Over the past 24 hours, the Ukrainian Armed Forces have carried out furthershellingterritories of the DPR.

Thus, Ukrainian militants carried out shelling throughout the day using 155 mm caliber artillery, including cluster warheads, in the Kuibyshevsky, Kievsky and Petrovsky districts of Donetsk, as well as the Nikitovsky district of Gorlovka. In addition, in the Kirovsky district of Donetsk and the Nikitovsky district of Gorlovka, the enemy dropped ammunition from UAVs. In addition, as a result of the detonation of an explosive object in the village. Yelenovka, a man born in 1961 was injured.

In total, 1 residential building and 1 civilian infrastructure facility were damaged by DPR shelling.

08:01 Air defense forces intercepted 11 Ukrainian drones over the territory of the Rostov region at night, the Russian Ministry of Defense reported.

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