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Russian Perspective: Russian Defence Ministry report on the progress of the special military operation (16 May 2024)
2024-05-17
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[EngMilRu] The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation continue the special military operation.

Units of the Sever Group of Forces advanced to the depth of the enemy's defences and inflicted losses on units of the Kraken nationalist formation and the International Legion, as well as manpower and hardware of the AFU 125th Territorial Defence Brigade and 15th Border Guard Detachment near Dergachi, Liptsy, and Volchansk (Khar'kov region).

Two enemy counterattacks were repelled near Staritsa and Glubokoye (Khar'kov region).

The AFU losses amounted to up to 205 Ukrainian troops, three tanks, two armoured fighting vehicles, eight motor vehicles, one Polish-made 155mm Krab self-propelled artillery system, one 122mm D-30 howitzer, and one 122mm BM-21 Grad MLRS combat vehicle.

Units of the Zapad Group of Forces improved the tactical situation along the front lines and inflicted losses on formations of the AFU 21st Mechanised Brigade near Krasny Liman (Donetsk People's Republic).

Two counter-attacks launched by units of the AFU 44th Mechanised Brigade and 1st National Guard Brigade were repelled near Berestovoye (Khar'kov region) and Stelmakhovka (Lugansk People's Republic).

The AFU losses amounted to up to 40 Ukrainian troops, three motor vehicles, and two 152mm D-20 howitzers.

Units of the Yug Group of Forces took more advantageous lines and inflicted losses on manpower and hardware of the AFU 5th Assault Brigade and 116th Mechanised Brigade near Chasov Yar and Antonovka (Donetsk People's Republic).

The AFU losses amounted to up to 520 Ukrainian troops, four armoured fighting vehicles, four motor vehicles, one U.S.-made 155mm M777 howitzer, and one 152mm 2S3 Akatsiya self-propelled artillery system.

Units of the Tsentr Group of Forces improved the tactical situation and inflicted losses on formations of the AFU 47th and 100th Mechanised brigades near Novoaleksandrovka and Yevgenovka (Donetsk People's Republic).

Eight counter-attacks launched by assault detachments of the AFU 71st Jaeger Brigade, 92nd Assault Brigade, 23rd, 24th Mechanised brigades, and 142nd Infantry Brigade were repelled near Arkhangelskoye, Solovyovo, Umanskoye, Netaylovo, and Novoselovka (Donetsk People's Republic).

The AFU losses amounted to up to 390 Ukrainian troops, two tanks, three infantry fighting vehicles, two armoured fighting vehicles, three motor vehicles, one U.S.-made 155mm M777 howitzer, one U.S.-made 155mm M109 Paladin self-propelled artillery system, one 152mm D-20 howitzer, and one 122mm 2S1 Gvozdika self-propelled artillery system.

Units of the Vostok Group of Forces took more advantageous lines and inflicted losses on manpower and hardware of the AFU 58th Motorised Infantry Brigade and 128th Territorial Defence Brigade near Velikaya Novosyolka and Urozhaynoye (Donetsk People's Republic).

The AFU losses amounted to up to 125 Ukrainian troops, two infantry fighting vehicles, three motor vehicles, one Polish-made 155mm Krab self-propelled artillery system, and one 152mm Giatsint-B howitzer.

Units of the Dnepr Group of Forces inflicted losses on manpower and hardware of the AFU 65th Mechanised Brigade and 128th Mountain Assault Brigade near Nesteryanka and Pyatikhatki (Zaporozhye region).

The AFU losses amounted to up to 40 Ukrainian troops and four motor vehicles.

?Operational-Tactical Aviation, unmanned aerial vehicles, and Missile Troops and Artillery of the Russian Groups of Forces wiped out one uncrewed surface vehicle depot.

In addition, strikes were delivered at one temporary deployment area of the Sonechko nationalist formation of the Main Directorate of Intelligence of the Ministry of the Defence of Ukraine and foreign mercenaries, as well as the enemy's manpower and hardware clusters were engaged in 113 areas.

Air defence units shot down three MiG-29 aircraft of the Ukrainian Air Force.

Moreover, 25 unmanned aerial vehicles, seven U.S.-made ATACMS and Tochka-U operational-tactical missiles, five U.S.-made HIMARS and Olkha MLRS projectiles, five French-made Hammer guided aerial bombs, and four U.S.-made HARM anti-radiation missiles were destroyed.

In total, 600 airplanes and 274 helicopters, 24,111 unmanned aerial vehicles, 521 air defence missile systems, 16,053 tanks and other armoured fighting vehicles, 1,300 combat vehicles equipped with MLRS, 9,607 field artillery guns and mortars, as well as 21,753 units of special military equipment have been destroyed during the special military operation.

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