Moscow, SANA- Russian Defense Ministry announced that its armed forces had strengthened their positions, thwarted attacks by Kiev regime forces, liberated two new towns, destroyed Ukrainian armored vehicles and ammunition depots, and downed 31 drones on various combat fronts during the past 24 hours.
Russian Forces defeated formations of Kiev troops in several areas, and repelled three attacks during which the aUkrainian forces lost about 120 soldiers, three tanks, an infantry fighting vehicle, two rocket launchers and seven field missiles were destroyed, the Ministry said in a statement.
The statement added the Russian forces liberated the towns of Ostroye and Grigorovka, defeated military formations of the Ukrainian regime in the popular positions of Donetsk, costing them about 835 soldiers, seven military vehicles, eight cannons, and destroyed an electronic warfare station, a radar station, and seven ammunition depots.
The ministry reported that the strikes of Russian operational-tactical aviation, unm
anned aerial vehicles, missile forces and artillery resulted in the destruction of the Ukrainian forces’ radio communications center, production workshops and a warehouse of unmanned aerial vehicles, in addition to gatherings of Kiev regime forces in 153 areas.
Air defense systems also shot down 14 HIMARS and Vampire missiles and 31 drones.
Source: Syrian Arab News Agency