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No sooner does Surovikin takes over that we get the Cliff Notes briefing version from the Russian ministry of defense.
[RIA] Since February 24, 2022, Russia has been conducting a special operation in Ukraine. See on the RIA Novosti map where hostilities are currently taking place, which cities are suffering from shelling, and also how the units of the parties are advancing.
ON THE SPECIAL OPERATION OF THE RUSSIAN ARMED FORCES IN UKRAINE
The Russian army has been conducting a special military operation in Ukraine since February 24, 2022. Its main goal is to help the Donetsk and Lugansk People's Republics, on whose territory shelling has not stopped for the past eight years. Our military has been tasked with minimizing the loss of personnel and civilians in the performance of combat missions.
DATA FROM THE MINISTRY OF DEFENSE, DPR AND LPR AS OF OCTOBER 8, 2022
Over the past 24 hours, Russian units have successfully repulsed all enemy attacks in the Kupyansky, Krasnolimansky, South-Donetsk and Nikolaev-Krivoy Rog directions.
More than 300 Ukrainian servicemen were killed. The 11th Regiment and the "Somalia" battalion of the People's Militia of the DPR are cleaning up Pervomaisky in the suburbs of Donetsk. In addition, fighting continues for the liberation of Avdiivka, Artemovsk, Maryinka and Soledar.
In parallel, the destruction of military facilities of the Armed Forces of Ukraine is being carried out. A total of 174 areas of accumulation of manpower and equipment, 54 artillery crews, four ammunition depots, one communication center were liquidated. Fighter aircraft and air defense systems shot down a MiG-29 aircraft, 12 drones, 21 HIMARS MLRS shells and one Tochka-U ballistic missile.
THE RESULTS OF THE SPECIAL OPERATION OF THE RUSSIAN ARMED FORCES IN UKRAINE
Destroyed:
379 anti-aircraft missile systems
5,494 + 46 tanks and other armored vehicles
3,457 + four field artillery pieces
866 + four multiple launch rocket systems
316 + one aircraft
158 helicopters
2,176 +12 drones
6,395 + 35 units of vehicles
Source: Russian Ministry of Defense
Since the beginning of the special operation, the Russian Armed Forces have disabled 316 aircraft, 158 helicopters, 2,176 drones, 379 anti-aircraft missile systems, 866 multiple launch rocket systems, 5,494 tanks and other armored vehicles, 3,457 field artillery pieces and 6,395 vehicles.
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New attacks of the Armed Forces of Ukraine repelled in several directions, - Ministry of Defense
[Rusvesna] The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation continue a special military operation.
By decision of the Minister of Defense of the Russian Federation , General of the Army Sergei Surovikin was appointed commander of the Joint Group of Troops (Forces) in the area of the special military operation .
► In the Kupyansky direction, the enemy, with the help of two reinforced battalions, attempted an offensive in the direction of the settlements of Pershotravneve and Yagodnoye in the Kharkov region. All attacks of the Armed Forces of Ukraine by the units of the Russian troops were successfully repelled. More than 100 Ukrainian servicemen, two tanks, five infantry fighting vehicles and four vehicles were destroyed.
In addition, more than 110 Ukrainian servicemen of the 14th Mechanized Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and the 19th Terodefense Battalion were killed as a result of massive strikes against the advancing enemy reserves in the area of the settlement of Petropavlovka in the Kharkiv region.
► In the Krasnolimansky direction, during another unsuccessful attempt to cross the Zherebets River by two reinforced companies of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, Russian troops destroyed more than 30 Ukrainian servicemen, three infantry fighting vehicles and five pickup trucks.
As a result of the strikes of the Russian Aerospace Forces on the points of temporary deployment of the 17th tank and 92nd mechanized brigades of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the areas of the settlements of Seversk, Novoye and Yampolovka of the Donetsk People's Republic, more than 100 Ukrainian servicemen and 12 pieces of military equipment were destroyed.
► In the South-Donetsk direction, an attempt to counterattack units of the 115th mechanized brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and the 1st brigade of the President of Ukraine was repelled. More than 90 Ukrainian servicemen, two tanks, eight armored fighting vehicles and six vehicles were destroyed.
► In the Zaporizhzhia direction, a high-precision weapon of the Russian Aerospace Forces attacked the point of temporary deployment of foreign mercenaries in the city of Zaporozhye. More than 160 militants were destroyed.
► In the Nikolaev-Kryvyi Rih direction, the enemy made attempts to conduct offensive operations with the forces of three battalion tactical groups, a tank battalion and a battalion of the National Guard, which arrived from Western Ukraine, in the directions of the settlements of Sukhanovo, Pyatikhatki, Sadok, Ishchenka, Bruskinskoe, Karlo-Marksovskoye and Malaya Seydeminukha Khersonskaya areas. All attacks by Ukrainian forces are repelled.
More than 240 Ukrainian servicemen, 12 tanks, 14 armored combat vehicles, eight vehicles and four artillery pieces were destroyed as a result of the infliction of fire damage on the enemy by Russian units.
The strikes of operational-tactical and army aviation, missile troops and artillery hit 54 artillery units in firing positions, manpower and military equipment in 174 districts. Four ammunition depots were destroyed in the areas of the settlements of Grigorovka in the Donetsk People's Republic, Uspenovka in the Zaporozhye region, Novaya Kamenka in the Kherson region and the city of Nikolaev. A communication center of the Ukrainian group of troops was destroyed in the area of the settlement of Vysheshe Solenoye in the Kharkiv region.
Fighter aircraft of the Russian Aerospace Forces shot down a Ukrainian MiG-29 aircraft near the village of Chapaevka, Zaporozhye region.
Also, over the past day, 12 unmanned aerial vehicles, including one "Bayraktar-TB2", were destroyed by air defense means in the areas of the settlements of Novy Bug of the Nikolaev region, Bruskinskoye, Vysokoye, Karlo-Marksovskoye, Charivnoye of the Kherson region, Ivanovka, Yasnoye, Zeleny Gay and Evgenovka in the Donetsk People's Republic, Berestovoye in the Kharkiv region, and Novoegorivka in the Luhansk People's Republic.
In addition, 21 shells of the American HIMARS multiple launch rocket system were shot down in the air in the areas of the settlements of Ilovaisk of the Donetsk People's Republic, Novaya Kakhovka, Nikolskoye and Kakhovskaya hydroelectric power stations, as well as a Tochka-U ballistic missile near the settlement of Chervony Mayak, Kherson region .
In total, since the beginning of the special military operation, the following have been destroyed: 316 aircraft, 158 helicopters, 2,176 unmanned aerial vehicles, 379 anti-aircraft missile systems, 5,494 tanks and other armored combat vehicles, 866 multiple rocket launcher combat vehicles, 3,457 field artillery pieces and mortars, as well as 6395 units of special military vehicles.
Despite the presence of representatives of the IAEA at the Zaporozhye nuclear power plant, the Kyiv regime continues provocations in order to create a threat of a man-made disaster.
During the day, the city of Energodar and the territory adjacent to the nuclear power plant were shelled twice by the Armed Forces of Ukraine from Grad multiple launch rocket systems.
In total, 15 rockets were fired by Ukrainian troops from the controlled settlement of Marganets, Dnepropetrovsk region.
As a result of the hit of Ukrainian rockets in the area of the industrial zone, the power line was disabled, which provides the station's own needs and power supply to the city of Energodar.
The enemy firepower was suppressed by Russian artillery return fire. Backup diesel generators are used to ensure the operation of the nuclear power plant.
Currently, repair work is being completed to restore the power supply to the nuclear power plant and the city of Energodar. The radiation situation at the Zaporozhye NPP is normal.
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