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The Russian military launched five group strikes against targets in Ukraine over the past week, the Ministry of Defense announced on August 2.
“From 27 July to 2 August, the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation carried out 11 group strikes with high-precision weapons and attack UAVs [unmanned aerial vehicles] to hit: Ukrainian defense industry facilities, enterprises manufacturing and repairing armored vehicles and assembly and storage facilities of attack UAVs,” the ministry said in its weekly briefing. “In addition, the strikes engaged depots storing ammunition, aviation strike assets, missile artillery; military echelons and temporary deployment areas of the Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU) and foreign mercenaries.”
Also in the briefing, the ministry provided a summary of Russian military actions in different directions within the special military operation past week.
The ministry announced that the Sever Group of Forces engaged one mechanized brigade, one assault brigade, one motorized infantry brigade, one air assault brigade and one infantry brigade of the AFU as well as one marine brigade, three territorial defense brigades and one national guard brigade. It also repelled 27 counter-attacks.
“The AFU losses amounted to up to 1,755 Ukrainian troops, two tanks, six armored fighting vehicles, including one Turkish-made Kirpi and two United States-made HMMWV armored vehicles, 12 motor vehicles, 20 field artillery guns, including five 155 mm howitzers and self-propelled artillery systems of foreign production,” the ministry said. “In addition, six enemy ammunition depots were annihilated.”
From its side, the Zapad Group of Forces took more advantageous lines and positions after defeating three mechanized brigades and one assault brigade of the AFU as well as three territorial defense brigades and nationalists from the Azov Brigade, according to the ministry, which noted that 12 counter-attacks were also repelled by the group.
“The AFU suffered losses of up to 3,605 Ukrainian troops, five tanks, eight armored fighting vehicles, 66 motor vehicles and 41 field artillery guns, including 13 self-propelled artillery units and 155 mm howitzers of Western and Ukrainian production. Ten electronic and counter-battery warfare stations and 22 field ammunition depots have also been destroyed,” it added.
The ministry also said that the Yug Group of Forces improved the situation in its direction and hit four mechanized brigades, two air assault brigades, two airmobile brigades and one assault brigade of AFU. In addition, the group repelled five counter attacks.
“The enemy has lost up to 4,020 Ukrainian troops, two tanks including Germany’s Leopard, ten armored fighting vehicles, including three U.S.-made M113 armored personnel carriers, 19 motor vehicles, and 68 field artillery guns, including 33 Western-made ones, in the past seven days. Nine electronic and counter-battery fighting stations as well as 20 ammunition depots were destroyed,” it added.
In addition, the ministry confirmed that the Tsentr Group of Forces had liberated the settlements of Lozovatskoye, Progress, Yevgenovka, Volchye and Leninskoye in the Donetsk People’s Republic.
It also said that the group struck one tank brigade, four mechanized brigades, one jaeger brigade, one airborne brigade and one air assault brigade of the AFU as well as three territorial defense brigades and one Lyut assault brigade of the Ukrainian National Police. In addition, the group repelled 43 counter-attacks.
“The enemy losses included up to 2,635 troops, four tanks, nine armored fighting vehicles, including two Bradley infantry fighting vehicles and one U.S.-made M113 armored personnel carrier, 25 motor vehicles, 26 field artillery guns and two U.S.-made M270 MLRS [multiple launch rocket system] launchers,” the ministry added.
Also during the past week, the Vostok Group of Forces took more advantageous lines, according to the ministry, which said that the group inflicted losses on two mechanized brigades and one motorized rifle brigade of the AFU as well as on four territorial defense brigades and one national guard brigade.
“The enemy lost up to 905 Ukrainian troops, one tank, six armored fighting vehicles, 44 motor vehicles and 20 field artillery guns,” it added.
The ministry also said that the Dnepr Group of Forces inflicted losses on two mechanized brigades, one infantry brigade, one mountain assault brigade of the AFU in addition to one marine brigade and two territorial defense brigades.
“The enemy’s total losses amounted to up to 650 Ukrainian troops, three armored fighting vehicles, including U.S.-made MaxxPro and HMMWV armored vehicles, 31 motor vehicles, and 14 field artillery guns, with seven U.S.-made 155 mm M777 howitzers of them. Six electronic and counter-battery warfare stations and nine field ammunition depots were destroyed,” the ministry said.
The Russian Operational-Tactical Aviation, UAVs and Missile Troops and Artillery also engaged three launchers and one radar of the U.S.-made Patriot air defense system as well as three Mars-L, ATCR-33S and Skala-M radar systems over the past week, according to the ministry.
During the same period, Russian air defenses shot down one MiG-29 fighter jet and one Su-25 close air support jet of the Ukrainian Air Force, one Neptune long-range missile, seven U.S.-made ATACMS operational and tactical missiles, four French-made Hammer guided aerial bombs, two U.S.-made Patriot anti-aircraft missiles, 47 U.S.-made HIMARS projectiles and 375 UAVs.
The ministry also said that 59 Ukrainian troops surrendered to the Russian military, with 33 of them in the Tsentr Group of Forces’ area of responsibility.
“In total, 631 airplanes and 278 helicopters, 28,839 UAVs, 559 air defense missile systems, 16,740 tanks and other armored fighting vehicles, 1,395 combat vehicles equipped with MLRS, 12,714 field artillery guns and mortars as well as 24,283 units of special military equipment have been destroyed during the special military operation,” the ministry concluded.
All in all, the Russian military dealt heavy blows to Kiev forces, especially in the direction of Donetsk. Ukraine also sustained heavy losses as a result of Russian group strikes.
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happy airborne forces day 2024 !
i want to know the losses of russians into same time and fight places – to see the balance of war efficiency .
it is roughly 1:1 so the only who celebrates are u.s. deep state and israelis. and norway. the eu vassals are screwed with anti-russia sanctions on gas and oil which undermines economy in eu to that point, that it can be officially called recession now. and german sheep keep silent because they lost ww2 79 years ago and they still remember how it looks when dresden, berlin, cologne and hamburg burned down. the same situation is in japan.
since 1945 germany has nothing to say ,the decision is made by bilderberg, rothschild deep state and other ,german foreign minister is low iq girl educated by klaus schwab young global leaders scool, the contry is full with emigrants the situation is running out of control high inflations and destruction of industry is the consequnce
it’s like football in war.
in the end, it’s the goals that count, not the postural marks 💃🕺
just divide the losses by 10.
brics will act for a new fair and just planet. the new free international payment system is created.
oh don’t say. it looks that jews are always 10 steps ahead. eu is crushed by immigration from africa, u.s. by illegals from the rest of the world, the entire world economy is screwed up by debt and green nonsense and only israel has time and money to turn everything they want into oblivion. it really doesn’t look like brics victory. it looks like dark bildeberg agenda and depopulation of the planet in full swing.
moron amerikunt stupid and blind
they have also lot of issue in israel ,thier economy is realy not in best condition seems that they will crash in future
do they make anything except weapons and spyware? i once found a pack of plastic plates in a dollar store years ago marked ‘made in israel’. other than that, nada.
some things are just meant to happen.
for every single village russian army liberates, 3 or four russian generals are put in jail because of corruption. strange. it looks like vladimir the great will run out of generals before he will able to liberate the territory he claimed to be pro-russian.
moron amerikunt lies again–amerikunt rewards corruption🤣
joseph vissarionovich also got rid of many of his funny generals and then won ww2 with timpani and trumpets!
history is repeating itself after all 😉
so, by my count, russia has put 154 generals in jail? only the us military has that many generals, all vying for jobs at raytheon and all dumber than austin powers. america is a meritocracy, don’t forget. lol
i’ve read that the us now have more generals than in the second world war when army was several times bigger. though russia have not less generals, if to count all who wear uniform with stars. not all of them have connection to military service, some are just civilians like in economic and supply departments, but with stars. others are from the emergency situations ministry (emercom), which is recruiting conscripts. paramilitary, but not for combat actions.
there is nothing wrong in fighting corruption. you ukras should see it as an example to follow
if the ukies fought corruption, the entire state would collapse in a week without russia’s help.
ukraine is a corrupt mafia shithole. it even puts us brits to shame.
anyone wanna buy a $56,000 waste basket here? if you bought enough, you could throw some ukrainian mps in there and call it lustration 2.0. might have to chop them up first though.
be sure to check their pockets first though. there’s probably enough to pay for the waste basket and then some.
another humiliating day in amerikan cesspool
i am really happy for the 59 guys who surrendered.
over 13500 ukro nazi eliminated, not bad russia go on.