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The Russian military had targeted an air base near the Ukrainian capital, Kiev, with high-precision weapons, the Russian Ministry of Defense announced on August 27.
“Overnight, the armed forces of the Russian Federation have delivered a strike with long-range air-launched high-precision weapons on an airfield near the village of Pinchuky in the Kiev Region. The goal of the strike has been accomplished. All designated objects have been hit,” Lieutenant General Igor Konashenkov, a spokesman for the ministry, said during his daily briefing.
During the briefing, the spokesman also reported new advance attempts by Kiev forces in several directions within the special military operation zone.
In the Kupyansk direction, the Russian Zapad Group of Forces, repelled 11 attacks by Ukraine’s 43rd, 44th, 115th mechanized and 68th Jaeger brigades close to Sinkovka, Novosyolovskoye and Novoegorovka.
At least 120 Ukrainian troops were killed or wounded, said Lt. Gen. Konashenkov, adding that one tank, three armored fighting vehicles, three vehicles and an American-made M777 towed howitzer were destroyed.
In the Zaporozhye direction, five attacks by the 116th Mechanised, 82nd Air Assault and 46th Airmobile brigades of Kiev forces were repelled near Rabotino and Uspenovka.
The spokesman said that Ukrainian losses in this direction amounted to 200 troops, three armored fighting vehicles, four motor vehicles, two self-propelled howitzers, one German-made Panzerhaubitze 2000 and one Polish-made Krab, as well as three towed howitzers, one D-20, one American-made M777 and one M119.
In the Donetsk direction, the Russian Yug Group of Forces repelled two Ukrainian attacks close to Pervomaiskoye and Nevelskoye.
Kiev forces lost 240 troops, three armored fighting vehicles, five pickup trucks, one Grad multiple rocket launcher, one combat vehicle, one American-made M777 towed howitzer and two D-30 towed howitzers, according to Lt. Gen. Konashenkov.
In the Krasny Liman direction, the Russian Tsentr Group of Forces repelled three attacks by Ukraine’s 42nd Mechanised Brigade near Chervonaya Dibrova.
Ukrainian losses in this direction amounted to 80 Ukrainian troops, two armored fighting vehicles, two pickup trucks and two Gvozdika self-propelled howitzers, said the spokesman.
Meanwhile in the South Donetsk direction, the Russian Vostok Group of Forces targeted several units of Kiev forces close to Novodonetskoye and Priyutnoye. Lt. Gen. Lt. Gen. Konashenkov said that 130 Ukrainian troops, two armored fighting vehicles, three motor vehicles and three towed howitzers, one D-20, one Msta-B and one D-30, were neutralized.
In the Kherson direction, Kiev forces lost 15 troops, five motor vehicles, one American-made M777 towed howitzer and one D-30 towed howitzer to Russian military fire.
Lt. Gen. Konashenkov also provided the following details during his briefing:
Operational-Tactical Aviation, Missile Troops and Artillery of the Russian Armed Forces’ grouping of troops (forces) engaged manpower and military hardware of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in 144 areas.
In addition, a P-37 radar station used for detecting air targets, guiding fighter aircraft and targeting anti-aircraft missile systems was destroyed near the city of Zaporozhye.
An ammunition depot of the 47th Mechanised Brigade of the AFU has been destroyed near Slavgorod (Dnepropetrovsk region).
The Russian fighter aviation shot down a Mi-8 helicopter of the Ukrainian Air Force near Zalivnoye (Zaporozhye region).
Air defense forces shot down two Su-25 aircraft of the Ukrainian Air Force close to Malaya Tokmachka and Novodanilovka (Zaporozhye region). Nine HIMARS projectiles were intercepted during the day.
In addition, 30 Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles were shot down close to Nikolayevka, Privolye and Topolevka (Lugansk People’s Republic), Lozovoye, Ivanovka, Semigorie and Podgornoye (Donetsk People’s Republic), Novoye, Chapayevka, Tokmak and Skelevatoye (Zaporozhye region) and Vasilievka (Kherson region).
In total, 466 airplanes and 247 helicopters, 6,152 unmanned aerial vehicles, 433 air defense missile systems, 11,527 tanks and other armored combat vehicles, 1,145 combat vehicles equipped with MRLS, 6,079 field artillery cannons and mortars, as well as 12,463 units of special military equipment have been destroyed during the special military operation.
In addition, Russian news sources shared videos showing recent strikes with artillery, FPV suicide drones and Lancet loitering munitions which destroyed a British-made Mastiff mine-resistant ambush-protected vehicle and four howitzers, including an American-made M777 and a British-made FH-70.
With week 12 of Ukraine’s counteroffensive nearing its end, Kiev forces are still bogged down kilometers away from the Russian military’s first line of defense. The situation will not likely change much in upcoming weeks, especially that weather conditions are expected to worsen.
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oy vey and me stuck in south australia without a straw long enough to hoover up the blood! this is not like one of my videogames…
the mastiff is akin to an armoured bus. its useless in war.
celkom úspešný lov na banderovské fašistické svine.