[EngMilRu] Today in the morning, the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation have delivered a group strike by long-range air- and sea-based precision weaponry and attack UAVs at the critical infrastructure of the power infrastructure of the Ukrainian defence industry. All the assigned targets have been engaged.
In Volchansk and Liptsy directions, units of the Sever Group of Forces inflicted losses on formations of the AFU 82nd Air Assault Brigade, 36th Naval Infantry Brigade, 13th and 17th National Guard brigades near Glubokoye, Liptsy, Volchanskiye Khutora (Kharkov region) and Pokrovka (Sumy region).
The enemy lost up to 90 troops, two motor vehicles, one 152mm D-20 gun, two 122mm D-30 howitzers, and two counterbattery warfare stations.
The units of the Zapad Group of Forces improved the tactical situation, inflicted losses on manpower and hardware of the 30th, 44th, 67th, 115th, and 116th Mechanised brigades, 4th Tank Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, 110th and 241st Territorial Defence brigades near Sinkovka, Petropalovka, Tabayevka (Kharkov region), Stelmakhovka, Makeyevka, Nevskoye (Lugansk People's Republic), Torskoye (Donetsk People's Republic), and Serebryansky forestry. The Zapad Group of Forces also repelled four counterattacks of 1st, 4th National Guard brigades and 12th Azov Special Operations Brigade.
The enemy losses are as follows: 480 troops, one tank, one Kozak armoured fighting vehicle, and ten motor vehicles.
In counter battery warfare, the Russian units engaged five 155mm howitzers including one M198, two US-made M-777, and two UK-made FH-70 howitzers, as well as one 122mm 2S1 Gvozdika self-propelled artillery system.
Moreover, Russian forces destroyed three field ammunition depots, three EW stations, and one counterbattery warfare station.
The Yug Group of Forces seized favourable lines and inflicted losses on manpower and materiel of 23rd, 28th, 93rd Mechanised brigades, 5th Tank Brigade, 56th Motorised Infantry Brigade, 143rd and 144th Infantry brigades, 5th, 10th, 80th Assault brigades of the AFU, and 109th, 117th Territorial Defence brigades near Verkhnekamenskoye, Pereyezdnoye, Grigorovka, Chasov Yar, Dyleyevka, Krasnogorovka, Konstantinovka, and Uspenovka (Donetsk People's Republic). The Russian forces repelled one counter-attack launched by an assault detachment of the AFU 8th Mountain Assault Brigade.
The enemy lost up to 570 troops, one armoured fighting vehicle, seven motor vehicles, four 155mm howitzers including one U.S.-made M-777 and three UK-made FH-70, one 152mm Msta-B howitzer, one 152mm D-20 gun, and three 122mm D-30 guns.
For 24 hours, the enemy has lost two EW stations and four field ammunition depots.
The Tsentr Group of Forces went on advancing to the depth of hostile defence. The Group inflicted losses on formations of 31st, 32nd, 47th,100th, 151st Mechanised brigades, 1st Tank Brigade, 95th Air Assault brigades of the AFU, 111th, 122nd Territorial Defence brigades, 14th and 15th National Guard brigades near Dzerzhinsk, Tarasovka, Zhuravka, Vozdvizhenka, Novozhelannoye, and Yasnobrodovka (Donetsk People's Republic). The Russian troops repelled seven counter-attacks of the 53rd, 150th Mechanised brigades, 68th Jaeger Brigade, 25th Airborne Brigade, and Lyut Assault Brigade of the Ukrainian National Police.
The enemy losses amounted to 585 troops, three tanks, one German-made Marder infantry fighting vehicle, one armoured personnel carrier, two 152mm D-20 guns, two 122mm 2S1 Gvozdika self-propelled systems, three 122mm D-30 howitzers, and one U.S.-made 105mm M-119 gun.
The Vostok Group of Forces improved the tactical situation, inflicted losses on manpower and materiel of 61st Mechanised Brigade, 58th Motorised Infantry Brigade of the AFU, 123rd and 128th Territorial Defence brigades near Vodyanoye, Ugledar, Prechistovka, and Neskuchnoye (Donetsk People's Republic). The Russian units repelled two counterattacks launched by the AFU 72nd Mechanised Brigade.
The enemy lost up to 135 troops, five motor vehicles, and one 122mm D-30 howitzer.
The Dnepr Group of Forces inflicted damage on the AFU 128th Mountain Assault Brigade, 37th Naval Infantry Brigade, 124th Territorial Defence Brigade near Malye Shcherbaki (Zaporozhye region), Sablukovka, Tokarevka (Kherson region), and Kherson.
The enemy losses are up to 70 servicemen, five motor vehicles, one 152mm D-20 gun, and one EW station.
Operational-Tactical and Army aviation, unmanned aerial vehicles, and Missile Troops and Artillery of the Russian Groups of Forces have destroyed two AFU UAV workshops, as well as engaged AFU manpower and hardware clusters in 143 areas.
Russian air defence units have downed one French-made Hammer guided aerial bomb, four U.S.-made HIMARS MLRS projectiles, and 58 UAVs.
In total, since the beginning of the special military operation, 640 aircraft, 283 helicopters, 30,533 unmanned aerial vehicles, 575 anti-aircraft missile systems, 17,574 tanks and other armoured fighting vehicles, 1,425 MLRS combat vehicles, 13,677 field artillery guns and mortars, and 25,234 units of support military vehicles have been neutralised.
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The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation continue to repel an AFU attempt to invade the territory of the Russian Federation (26 August 2024)
The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation continue to repel the AFU attempt to invade the territory of the Russian Federation.
Units of the Sever Group of Forces supported by Army Aviation and artillery repelled attacks launched by the enemy's assault detachments in the direction of Kremyanoye, Malaya Loknya, and Nechayev, as well as thwarted attempts to launch attacks in the direction of Komarovka, Spalnoye, Korenevo, Pogrebki, and Olgovka.
The AFU losses amounted to up to 30 troops killed and wounded. One tank, three armoured fighting vehicles, and one motor vehicle were neutralised.
Russian troops continue reconnaissance and search operations to detect and neutralise hostile sabotage and reconnaissance groups in forest belts attempting to get into the Russian territory.
Aviation, artillery, and troops destroyed manpower and materiel clusters of the 22nd and 115th Mechanised brigades, 82nd Air Assault Brigade, 1004th Security and Service Brigade near Apanasovka, Borki, Vishnyovka, Victorovka, Desyaty Oktyabr, Kruglyenkoye, Loknya, Mikhaylovka, Novoya Sorochina, Plekhovo, Snagost, and Yuzhny.
Operational-tactical aviation delivered strikes at manpower and materiel clusters of the 22nd, 41st, 54th Mechanised brigades, 17th Tank Brigade, 80th, 82nd, 95th Air Assault brigades, 36th Naval Infantry Brigade of the AFU reserves, 1st National Guard Brigade, 103rd, 106th, 129th Territorial Defence brigades near Belopolye, Bunyakino, Boyaro-Lezhachi, Baranovka, Druzhba, Zapselye, Katyerinovka, Malushino, Pervomayskoye, Orlovka, Pustogorod, Svessa, Sumy, Khotyen, Chervonoye, and Yastryebinoye.
For the last 24 hours, AFU losses amounted to over 400 troops, 27 units of armour including one tank, two infantry fighting vehicles, three armoured personnel carriers, 21 armoured fighting vehicles, five artillery guns, two mortars, 11 motor vehicles, and one U.S.-made AN/TPQ-50 counterbattery warfare radar.
Since the beginning of hostilities in Kursk region, the enemy lost up to 6,200 Ukrainian troops, 73 tanks, 33 infantry fighting vehicles, 61 armoured personnel carriers, 404 armoured fighting vehicles, 188 motor vehicles, 42 artillery guns, five surface-to-air missile launchers, 11 MLRS launchers, including three of HIMARS and one of MLRS, nine EW stations, two counter-battery warfare radars, one AD radar, five engineering vehicles such as two counterobstacle vehicles and one UR-77 mine clearance system.
The operation to neutralise the AFU units is in progress.