Russian MoD Reveals Targets Of Recent Strikes On Ukraine (Videos)

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The Russian military had attacked several high-value targets in Ukraine with long-range, air-launched, precision-guided missiles, the Russian Ministry of Defense announced during a briefing on September 21.

According to the ministry, the missiles targeted Ukrainian military industrial facilities, signal and electronic reconnaissance centers as well as a training ground for saboteurs.

“The goal of the strike has been achieved,” the ministry said in its briefing, affirming that “all the targets have been hit.”

It’s worth noting that Ukraine claimed its air defense intercepted 36 out of 43 Russian missiles that targeted its territory in the early morning. However, explosions were reported in the capital, Kiev, and several other regions, including Lviv, Rivne, Kharkov, Cherkasy, Vinnytsia and Khmelnitsky.

During the same briefing, the Russian MoD also provided details on recent developments across the frontline in the special military operation zone.

In the Zaporozhye direction, two attacks by Ukraine’s 71st Jaeger and 47th Mechanized brigades were repelled by Russian forces near Novopokrovka and Rabotino. A gathering of the 46th Airmobile Brigade near Verbovoye was also targeted by Russian forces.

The ministry said that 50 Ukrainian troops, two armored fighting vehicles, including an American-made Bradley, and three motor vehicles were neutralized during the fighting in this direction. In addition, six towed howitzers, two American-made M777s, three D-30s and one American-made M119, were hit by counter-battery fire.

Meanwhile in the Donetsk direction, the Russian Yug Group of Forces repelled five Ukrainian attacks near Orekhovo-Vasilyevka Kurdyumovka, Klescheevka, Veseloye and Khimik.

Up to 300 Ukrainian troops were killed or wounded there, the ministry said, adding that two armored fighting vehicles, five motor vehicles, one Ukrainian-made Olkha multiple rocket launchers and one Polish-made Krab self-propelled howitzers were destroyed.

In the Kupyansk direction, the aviation and artillery of the Russian Zapad Group of Forces hit several Ukrainian positions near Sinkovka and Novosyolovskoye.

The strikes neutralized 20 Ukrainian troops, two motor vehicles and one American-made M109 Paladin self-propelled howitzer, according to the ministry.

In the Krasny Liman direction, the Russian Tsentr Group of Forces repelled three attacks by Kiev forces near Chervonaya Dibrova and Shipilovka. The group also targeted several Ukrainian gatherings of manpower and equipment near Grigorovka, Torskoye and the Serebryansky forestry.

Ukrainian losses in this direction amounted to 75 troops, two armored fighting vehicles, two pickup trucks and one D-30 towed howitzer, the ministry said.

In the South Donetsk direction, the attack helicopters and artillery of the Russian Vostok Group of Forces targeted several Ukrainian units near Prechistovka and repelled one attack close to Priyutnoye.

The ministry said that 110 Ukrainian troops, one armored fighting vehicle, four motor vehicles, one Uragan multiple rocket launcher and one Gvozdika self-propelled howitzer were neutralized during the fighting in this direction.

And in the Kherson direction, Kiev forces lost 45 troops, three motor vehicles and one American-made M777 towed howitzer to Russian military fire. A sabotage and reconnaissance group of Ukraine’s 126th Territorial Defence Brigade was also obliterated close to Pereyaslavsky Island.

The Russian MoD also provided the following details in its briefing:

Operational-Tactical and Army aviation, Missile Troops and Artillery of the Russian Groups of Forces have engaged AFU manpower and hardware in 102 areas during the day.

In addition, one U.S.-made AN/TPQ-50 counter-battery radar station was destroyed near Kalinovo (Donetsk People’s Republic).

Air defense systems have intercepted five Storm Shadow cruise missiles, four HIMARS MLRS projectiles, and one HARM anti-radiation missile.

In addition, 75 Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles were obliterated in the areas of Mirnoye, Tokmak, Chervonogorka, Pologi (Zaporozhye region), Volnovakha, Artyomovsk, Zolotarevka (Donetsk People’s Republic), Golikovo, Lisichansk (Lugansk People’s Republic), Olshana (Kharkov region), as well as Novaya Sburyevka, Sagi, Geroyskoye (Kherson region).

In total, 475 airplanes and 249 helicopters, 7,020 unmanned aerial vehicles, 438 air defense missile systems, 12,016 tanks and other armored fighting vehicles, 1,154 combat vehicles equipped with MLRS, 6,473 field artillery cannons and mortars, as well as 13,281 units of special military equipment have been destroyed during the special military operation.

In addition, Russian news sources shared videos showing heavy Ukrainian losses near Novomaiors’ke in the South Donetsk direction as well as recent strikes by attack helicopters against armored vehicles of Kiev forces in other directions.

Over three months into their counteroffensive, Kiev forces are yet to break through Russian defenses in any direction despite sustaining heavy losses in manpower and equipment. With winter approaching, the counteroffensive appears to be on its way to complete failure.

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