The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation continue to conduct a special military operation.

In the Donetsk direction, as a result of successful offensive actions of the Russian troops, the settlement of Kurdyumovka of the Donetsk People's Republic was completely liberated from the units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.

More than 60 Ukrainian servicemen, three tanks and six armored fighting vehicles were destroyed.

In the Kupyansk direction, an attempt by two company tactical groups of the Armed Forces of Ukraine to attack from the area of ​​​​the settlement of Kotlyarovka, Kharkiv region, was thwarted by army aviation strikes, artillery fire and heavy flamethrower systems.

During the day, more than 50 Ukrainian servicemen, two tanks, four infantry fighting vehicles and two Kozak armored vehicles were destroyed.

In the Krasno-Limansky direction, army aviation strikes and artillery fire defeated three company tactical groups of the enemy, which were advancing to attack in the direction of the Chervonopopovka settlement of the Luhansk People's Republic. As a result of the fire damage, the units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine were dispersed and thrown back to their original positions.

Enemy losses per day in this direction amounted to more than a hundred Ukrainian servicemen killed and wounded, two tanks, two armored combat vehicles and two pickup trucks. Eleven servicemen of the Armed Forces of Ukraine surrendered.

In the South-Donetsk direction, the enemy, with forces up to a company, made unsuccessful attempts to counterattack from the area of ​​​​the settlement of Vugledar in the direction of the settlement of Nikolskoye of the Donetsk People's Republic.

As a result of fire damage, up to 50 Ukrainian servicemen, one tank, three armored personnel carriers and two pickup trucks were destroyed.

Operational-tactical and army aviation, missile forces and artillery defeated seven enemy command posts in the areas of the settlements of Sinkovka, Kruglyakovka of the Kharkov region, Dibrova, Vodyanoye, Prechistovka, Konstantinovka of the Donetsk People's Republic and Shcherbaki of the Zaporozhye region.

In addition, 78 artillery units in firing positions, manpower and military equipment of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in 184 districts, as well as a temporary deployment point for foreign mercenaries in the village of Chasov Yar of the Donetsk People's Republic were hit.

During the counter-battery fight, a blow was struck at the area of ​​concentration of units of the 40th Artillery Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the area of ​​Liptsy, and two firing positions of Ukrainian Grad multiple launch rocket systems were suppressed in the areas of the settlements of Zhovtneve and Mikhailovka, Kharkiv region.

In the areas of the settlements of Zagornoye, Dimitrovo and Volchanskoye of the Zaporozhye region, three depots of rocket and artillery weapons and ammunition of the Armed Forces of Ukraine were hit.

Fighter aircraft in the area of ​​the settlement Ukrainka of the Donetsk People's Republic shot down a MiG-29 aircraft of the Ukrainian Air Force.

A Ukrainian Su-25 aircraft was shot down by means of air defense in the area of the settlement of Nikolskoye in the Donetsk People's Republic.

In addition, seven unmanned aerial vehicles were destroyed during the day in the areas of the settlements of Svatovo, Krasnorechenskoye, Chervonopopovka, Golikovo, Storozhevka of the Luhansk People's Republic and Yegorovka of the Donetsk People's Republic. ◽️Also intercepted in the air were 13 rockets of the Uragan and Vilkha multiple launch rocket systems in the areas of the settlements of Svatovo in the Lugansk People's Republic, Novoandreevka and Yegorovka in the Donetsk People's Republic.

In total, since the beginning of the special military operation, the following have been destroyed: 336 aircraft, 177 helicopters, 2,599 unmanned aerial vehicles, 391 anti-aircraft missile systems, 6,953 tanks and other armored combat vehicles, 908 combat vehicles of multiple launch rocket systems, 3,648 field artillery guns and mortars, as well as 7,437 units of special military vehicles.