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The Russian military launched 27 group strikes against Ukraine over the past week in response to the recent attempts by the Kiev regime to hit Russian power facilities, the Russian Ministry of Defense announced on June 7.
“From 1 to 7 June 2024 … the Russian Armed Forces carried out 27 group strikes by ground-, air- and sea-based precision weapons as well as strike drones, during which the Russian Armed Forces engaged power facilities that supported the work of enterprises of the Ukrainian military industrial enterprises,” the ministry said in a briefing.
It added that Russian strikes also hit “depots of Western weapons and ammunition, missile and artillery equipment, uncrewed vessels, temporary deployment areas of AFU [Armed Forces of Ukraine] troops and mercenaries.”
“The goal of the strikes have been achieved. All the assigned targets have been engaged,” the ministry affirmed.
In the briefing, the ministry also summarized Russian defensive and offensive operations in all directions over the past week.
The ministry said that the Sever Group of Forces advanced to the depths of the Ukrainian defense and inflicted losses on seven formations of the AFU, on one marine brigade and two territorial defense brigades. 36 counter-attacks by the AFU were repelled during the week, it added.
“The enemy losses were up to 1,400 troops, five tanks, 11 armored fighting vehicles, including one Stryker armored personnel carrier and two United States-made M113 armored personnel carriers, 32 motor vehicles as well as 26 field artillery guns,” the ministry said.
Meanwhile, the Zapad Group of Forces took more advantageous lines, according to the ministry, which also said that the group launched strikes against four mechanized, one tank and one airmobile brigades of the AFU, two territorial defense brigades and two Ukrainian National Guard brigades.
“Eleven counter-attacks launched by AFU units were repelled,” the ministry said. “The AFU losses amounted to up to 2,850 Ukrainian troops, two tanks, 19 armored fighting vehicles, 34 motor vehicles and 25 field artillery guns.”
Also over the past week, the Yug Group of Forces improved the situation along the front line, liberated Paraskoviyevka -in the Donetsk region- and hit manpower and hardware of 14 AFU formations, the ministry said.
“The enemy suffered losses of up to 2,835 Ukrainian troops, 14 armored fighting vehicles, 29 motor vehicles, 35 field artillery guns, including 13 Western-made guns as well as one Gepard anti-aircraft self-propelled artillery system. Seven AFU ammunition depots have been eliminated,” it added.
The ministry also said that the Tsentr Group of Forces advanced into the depths of Ukrainian defense and liberated Umanskoye -in Donetsk-.
The group also launched strikes against nine AFU and Ukrainian National Guard units and repelled 39 counter-attacks, according to the ministry.
“Over the past week, the enemy has suffered losses of up to 2,690 troops, two U.S.-made Abrams tanks, 14 armored fighting vehicles, to include two U.S.-made Bradley infantry fighting vehicles, 21 motor vehicles, 62 field artillery guns as well as one HIMARS MLRS [Multiple Launch Rocket System] combat vehicle.,” it said.
The Vostok Group of Forces also improved the tactical situation and inflicted losses on the two brigades of the AFU and the two territorial defense brigades, according to the ministry, which said that Ukrainian losses amounted to “935 troops, two tanks, seven armored fighting vehicles, 37 motor vehicles and ten field artillery guns.”
The ministry also said that the Dnepr Group of Forces inflicted losses on three marine brigades, one mechanized, one infantry and one mountain assault brigades, one territorial defense brigade and formations of the Ukrainian National Guard over the past week.
“The AFU losses amounted to up to 430 Ukrainian troops, three armored fighting vehicles, 32 motor vehicles and 24 field artillery guns,” it added.
In addition, the ministry announced that Russian air defenses shot down over the past week two MiG-29 fighter jet of the Ukrainian Air Force, two Tochka-U operational-tactical missiles, two converted surface-to-surface guided missiles of the S-200 system, 17 French-made Hammer guided bombs, three U.S.-made Patriot missiles, three Neptune anti-ship missiles, 93 U.S.-made HIMARS, Czech-made Vampire and Olkha projectiles as well as 424 drones.
One Ukrainian Su-25 ground-attack fighter jet was targeted and destroyed by a Lancet loitering munition, according to the ministry.
Also over the past week, 27 Ukrainian troops surrendered to the Russian military in different directions within the special military operation zone.
“In total, 610 airplanes and 274 helicopters, 25,326 unmanned aerial vehicles, 528 air defense missile systems, 16,287 tanks and other armored fighting vehicles, 1,330 combat vehicles equipped with MLRS, 10,188 field artillery cannons and mortars as well as 22,336 units of special military equipment have been destroyed during the special military operation,” the ministry concluded.
Overall, the Russian military dealt heavy blows to Ukraine while maintaining dominance over the frontline past week. Kiev attempts to regain control of the situation, especially in the Kharkiv direction where the Sever Group of Forces is active, all failed and resulted in heavy losses.
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nazis still have energy to power the drones? hmm, so the rf didn’t bomb the electricity stations enough. time for a good old zirkon. and arm the houthis.
flathead nazis in germany via their pistorius agression chief demanding war readiness by 2029! ww3 on eu soil coming, hillarious! we americans are going to become soooo rich thanks to the eurotards!
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what exactly is russia’s rules of engagement ??? 27 strikes over a week is less than 4 per day no wonder nato is able to calculate and target where they want to hit in russia
did mighty army north capture the cement factory yet?
all the generals that came up with russia’s defense last summer are in prison or dead. no wonder the front never moves.
i’m surprised that the slight effort around kharkov hasn’t caused any progress anywhere else along the front. either the russians aren’t trying very hard or the ukrop have deep reserves.
us, natostan arming the drones more than likely.
i am inferior amerikan nazi hillbilly envious of superior russian
this is my last comment under this article here. any more under my name are merely trolls, such as jens holm, impersonating me because i am a homosexual.
maybe we can meet up and create the 4th reich together this time?
ukraine are targeting russian civilians while russia are targeting electrical power station??..if russia wants to win this war they have to devastate kiev and kill all maidan henchmen included zelensky.
uncle hans devastated ny anuz when i was 7 years old
10, 000 ukro nazzis now are in hell with their nazzi collaborator bandera .