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The Russian military carried out 23 group strikes against high-value targets in Ukraine over the past week, the Russian Ministry of Defense announced on July 5.
“From 29 June to 5 July 2024, the Russian Armed Forces carried out 23 group strikes by high-precision weapons and strike unmanned aerial vehicles [UAVs], as a result of which the following were hit: enemy airfields, energy facilities that support the work of Ukraine’s military-industrial complex enterprises, fuel depots for military equipment, assembly facilities for strike UAVs and uncrewed surface vehicles as well as locations for storing and preparing for combat use of missile weapons,” the ministry said in its weekly briefing.
In the same briefing, the ministry provided a summary of Russian military actions in different directions within the special military operation over the past week.
According to the ministry, the Sever Group of Forces improved the situation along the front line and inflicted losses on three Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU) brigades, one marine and two territorial defense brigades. In addition, the group repelled five Ukrainian counter-attacks.
“The enemy losses were up to 1,595 troops, four tanks, three armored fighting vehicles, 30 motor vehicles, three electronic warfare stations as well as 31 field artillery guns, including 12 large-caliber howitzers of various United States-made modifications,” the ministry said.
The ministry also confirmed that the Zapad Group of Forces liberated Stepovaya Novosyolovka in the Kharkov region, improved the tactical situation on the front and hit three AFU mechanized, one assault, one airmobile and two territorial defense brigades. The group also repelled 11 counter-attacks, per the ministry.
“The AFU losses amounted to up to 3,580 Ukrainian troops, one tank, seven armored fighting vehicles, 29 motor vehicles, four Grad MLRS [Multiple Launch Rocket System] combat vehicles and 27 field artillery guns, including ten Western-made artillery guns,” the ministry said, adding that “20 ammunition depots were destroyed.”
Also during the past week, the Yug Group of Forces liberated Spornoye and Noviy district of Chasov Yar in the Donetsk People’s Republic, according to the ministry.
“Losses were inflicted on manpower and hardware of two AFU mechanized brigades and two air assault brigades. Eighteen attacks launched by the enemy’s assault detachments were repelled,” the ministry said.
It added that “AFU losses amounted to up to 3,845 Ukrainian troops, four tanks, 19 armored fighting vehicles, including three U.S.-made M113 armored personnel carriers, 65 motor vehicles and 53 field artillery howitzers. Moreover, eight electronic warfare stations and 35 AFU field ammunition depots were destroyed.”
The Tsentr Group of Forces also liberated Schumy, Novoaleksandrovka and Novopokorskoye in Donetsk, the ministry said, adding that losses were inflicted on units of three AFU mechanized brigades and two infantry formations as well as two territorial defense brigades.
At least 38 Ukrainian counter-attacks were also repelled by the group in the same direction over the past week, according to the ministry.
“The AFU losses amounted to up to 2,970 Ukrainian troops, five tanks, 12 armored fighting vehicles, including two U.S.-made Bradley infantry fighting vehicles, 30 motor vehicles and 32 field artillery howitzers,” the ministry said.
The ministry also said that the Vostok Group of Forces improved the tactical situation and inflicted losses on two AFU brigades, two territorial defense and one national guard brigades. In addition the group repelled 11 counter-attacks.
“The AFU losses amounted to up to 900 Ukrainian troops, four armored fighting vehicles, 43 motor vehicles and 22 field artillery howitzers, including 14 supplied by NATO countries,” the ministry said.
During the same period, the Dnepr Group of Forces inflicted losses on one mountain assault and four territorial defense brigades of the AFU, according to the ministry.
“The AFU losses amounted to up to 635 Ukrainian troops, one armored fighting vehicle, 36 motor vehicles, 24 field artillery howitzers, including 13 U.S.-made M777 howitzers,” the ministry said, adding that “seven electronic warfare stations and three AFU ammunition depots were destroyed.”
The ministry also announced that Russian air defenses shot down two MiG-29 and one Su-27 aircraft of the Ukrainian Air Force, five U.S.-made ATACMS operational-tactical missiles, five Neptune-MD long-range guided missiles, 14 UK-made Storm Shadow cruise missiles, seven French-made Hammer guided aerial bombs, one U.S.-made HARM anti-radiation missile, 42 U.S.-made HIMARS and Czech-made Vampire MLRS projectiles and 451 UAVs over the past week.
In addition, five Su-27 aircraft and one Mi-24 helicopter were destroyed at airfields, according to the ministry, which noted that two other Su-27s were damaged.
The Black Sea Fleet also destroyed three uncrewed surface vehicles of the Ukrainian Navy over the past week, according to the ministry.
Furthermore, the ministry revealed that 32 Ukrainian troops surrendered to the Russian military in different directions within the special military operation zone over the past week.
“In total, 626 airplanes and 277 helicopters, 27,228 UAVs, 537 air defense missile systems, 16,506 tanks and other armored fighting vehicles, 1,364 combat vehicles equipped with MLRS, 11,386 field artillery guns and mortars as well as 23,345 units of special military equipment have been destroyed during the special military operation,” the ministry concluded.
All in all, the Russian military continues to dominate the battlefield. Recent group strikes and ground operations inflicted heavy human and material losses on Kiev forces. Despite receiving more military aid from its NATO backers, Ukraine’s military capabilities continue to deteriorate.
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over 13500 nazi ukro eliminated in one week, not bad. russia go on, kill them all.
yeah! genocide all former russians ! kill those orcs !
the nazis are not former russians (they consider themselves ukras). real russians left for dnr, lnr or rf
angry little man still upset about russia destroying ukraine trying to call it genocide now because all the wonder weapons didn,t do anything…..cry more!
rand corporation instructions, that were delivered to poroshenko, back in 2014, demanded that he genocide and ethnically cleanse ukraine. they wanted at least 1.5 million erased from the russian speaking territories of ukraine. zelinsky, was more than happy make that a conservative number and embrace the genocide and ethnic cleansing of ukraine.
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remind me, but, how much is the uk foreign office spending on it’s russian media disinformation exercise? remind me, how much does it cost to administer the nafo trolls? remind me, how much are nato spending on russian media disinformation? remind me, how much is the eu spending on russian media disinfromation? remind me, how much is the us spending on russian media disinformation? then compare all those budgets, with the modest russian media budget.
yet still zelinsky finds more to feed the meat grinder. there will soon be no ukraine gene pool, including the nazi sector, to feed the meat grinder. yet, the people of ukraine are still happy to accept the terms zelinsky demands of them.
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blinken is the stepson of the personal lawyer of the epstein network founder maxwell. their plan is to destroy russia because it is a country that unites people who are believers of all faiths.
he is not doing a good job. also, the blinken family, don’t they originate from ukraine? grandfather meir blinken, born in ukraine of bolshevik faith. wow, didn’t ukraine do well, back in those days, courtesy of the bolsheviks? whatever happened to the ‘kinder fuehrer’ of ‘operation paperclip’?
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the fabs, the hypersonics, and the lancets have been the game changers of this war. the major repercussion is that navies should be shitting their pants and if things get hot, britain and america will be stuck using air power as the only way to project power.
at this rate, they need to recruit more cannon fodder from somewhere. baltics step up into the meat grinder?
non-nato ukraine, who are joining the nato dimwits at the july summit. what is interesting is the fact that president orban, who is running the eu presidency at the moment, popped over to moscow to discuss their terms for peace and what can be negotiated. the same president orban, who will no doubt also attend the nato dimwit summit and pass on messages. will be interesting what comes out of it.