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Russian Defence Ministry report on the progress of the special military operation (4 July 2024) |
2024-07-05 |
Direct Translation Via Google Translate. Edited. Article Linked To Is Available Only Via VPN. [EngMilRu] The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation continue the special military operation. ![]() Units of the Sever Group of Forces inflicted losses on manpower and hardware of the AFU 57th Motorised Infantry Brigade, 92nd Assault Brigade, 125th, 127th Territorial Defence brigades, 13th, and 17th National Guard brigades near Volchansk, Veseloye, Russkaya Lozovaya, Neskuchnoye, and Tsirkuny (Kharkov region). The AFU losses amounted to up to 225 Ukrainian troops, one pickup truck, one Grad MLRS combat vehicle, one 203mm 2S7 Pion self-propelled artillery system, one 155mm U.S.-made M198 howitzer, one 152mm D-20 howitzer, one 122mm 2S1 Gvozdika self-propelled artillery system. Units of the Zapad Group of Forces took more advantageous lines and inflicted losses on formations of the AFU 14th, 66th, 115th, 116th Mechanised brigades, 77th Airmobile Brigade, and 117th Territorial Defence Brigade near Makeyevka, Stelmakhovka, Chervonaya Dibrova (Lugansk People's Republic), Sinkovka, Petropavlovka (Kharkov region), and Torskoye (Donetsk People's Republic). Three counter-attacks launched by assault detachments of the AFU 117th Territorial Defence Brigade were repelled. The AFU losses amounted to up to 600 Ukrainian troops, one armoured fighting vehicle, and two motor vehicles. In the course of counter-battery warfare, one U.S.-made 155mm M777 howitzer, one 152mm Msta-B howitzer, one 122mm 2S1 Gvozdika self-propelled artillery system, two 122mm D-30 howitzers, and one UK-made 105mm L-119 howitzer were destroyed. Three AFU field ammunition depots were destroyed. Units of the Yug Group of Forces improved the tactical situation along the front lines, as well as inflicted losses on manpower and hardware of the AFU 30th, 54th, 72nd Mechanised brigades, 143rd Infantry Brigade, 46th, 81st Airmobile brigades, 5th, 80th Assault brigades, 109th, and 119th Territorial Defence brigades near Georgieyvka, Serebryanka, Minkovka, Spornoye, Krasnogorovka, Katerinovka, and Chasov Yar (Donetsk People's Republic). Five counter-attacks launched by formations of the AFU 10th Mountain Assault Brigade and 79th Air Assault Brigade were repelled. The AFU losses amounted to up to 630 Ukrainian troops, four armoured fighting vehicles, and 12 motor vehicles. In the course of counterbattery warfare, one U.S.-made 155mm M198 howitzer, one U.S.-made 155mm M777 howitzer, one U.S.-made 105mm M119 howitzer, one UK-made 105mm L119 howitzer, and two electronic warfare stations were neutralised. Eleven AFU field ammunition depots were destroyed in that direction. Units of the Tsentr Group of Forces improved the tactical situation and inflicted losses on formations of the AFU 24th, 41st Mechanised brigades, 109th, 129th territorial defence brigades, and 2nd National Guard Brigade near Mikhailovka, Novgorodskoye, and Toretsk (Donetsk People's Republic). Six counter-attacks launched by assault detachments of the AFU 31st, 47th mechanised brigades, 95th Air Assault Brigade, and Lyut Assault Brigade of the Ukrainian Ministry of Internal Affairs were repelled. The AFU losses amounted to up to 490 Ukrainian troops, three tanks, two motor vehicles, and three 122mm D-30 howitzers, and one 100mm Rapira anti-tank gun. Units of the Vostok Group of Forces inflicted losses on manpower and hardware of the AFU 58th Motorised Infantry Brigade, 116th, 120th, and 123th Territorial Defence brigades near Konstantinopol, Bogatyr, Neskuchnoye, Storozhevoye (Donetsk People's Republic), and Novosyolovka (Zaporozhye region). Moreover, three counter-attacks launched by formations of the AFU 108th and 129th Territorial Defence brigades were repelled. The AFU losses amounted to up to 140 Ukrainian troops, eight motor vehicles, one U.S.-made 155mm M777 howitzer, and two UK-made 155mm FH-70 howitzers. Units of the Dnepr Group of Forces inflicted losses on manpower and hardware of the AFU 141st Infantry Brigade, 128th Mountain Assault Brigade, and 35th Naval Infantry Brigade near Zherebyanka, Nesteriyanka (Zaporozhye region), and Tokaryovka (Kherson region). The AFU losses amounted to up to 140 Ukrainian troops, one armoured fighting vehicle, four motor vehicles, four U.S.-made 155mm M777 howitzers, one 152mm 2S3 Akatsiya self-propelled artillery system, one 152mm D-20 and one 152mm Giatsint-B howitzers. Operational-Tactical Aviation, unmanned aerial vehicles, and Missile Troops and Artillery of the Russian Groups of Forces destroyed one MiG-29 of the Ukrainian Air Force on the base airfield, two enterprises of military-industrial complex, one fuel refinery, one AFU POL depot, and one production and one storage facility of attack UAVs, as well as clusters of enemy manpower and military hardware of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in 128 areas during the day. Air defence units shot down 37 unmanned aerial vehicles, one French-made Hammer guided aerial bomb, one U.S.-made HARM anti-radiation missile, and 14 U.S.-made HIMARS MLRS projectiles. In total, 626 airplanes and 277 helicopters, 27,197 unmanned aerial vehicles, 537 air defence missile systems, 16,499 tanks and other armoured fighting vehicles, 1,364 combat vehicles equipped with MLRS, 11,326 field artillery guns and mortars, as well as 23,318 units of special military equipment have been destroyed during the special military operation. |
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