MOSCOW, October 24. /TASS-DEFENSE/. Russian troops have hit four command posts of the Ukrainian army, shot down three unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), eliminated 21 rockets of the HIMARS and Olkha multiple launch rocket systems during the special military operation in Ukraine, Defense Ministry Spokesman Lieutenant General Igor Konashenkov said.
In the Kupyansk direction, up to three enemy motor rifle companies attempted to attack the Russian troops’ positions near the settlements of Pershotravnevoye, Orlyanka and Berestovoye in the Kharkov Region. All the attacks were repelled. As a result, the enemy forces were pushed back to the initial positions, and over 25 Ukrainian servicemen, one tank, five armored personnel carriers and four pickup trucks were eliminated.
In the Krasny Liman direction, up to two mechanized companies of the Ukrainian army attempted to break into the Russian troops’ positions near the settlement of Chervonopopovka in the Lugansk People’s Republic. The enemy was stopped and pushed back to the initial positions as a result of air and artillery strikes and the fire of defending units. More than 20 Ukrainian servicemen and two infantry fighting vehicles were destroyed.
In the southern Donetsk direction, the enemy’s two company task forces attacked the Russian troops’ positions near Sladkoye and Vladimirovka in the Donetsk People’s Republic. The enemy’s attack was repelled by artillery fire and active operations of Russian units. The Russian troops eliminated 25 Ukrainian servicemen, a tank, three infantry fighting vehicles and two automotive vehicles.
In the Nikolayev-Krivoi Rog direction, the enemy’s battalion task force unsuccessfully attacked the Russian troops’ positions near the settlements of Bruskinskoye, Pyatikhatki and Trifonovka in the Kherson Region. As a result of fire damage and concentrated attacks delivered by Russian artillery units, more than 80 Ukrainian troops, 11 armored fighting vehicles and 15 automotive vehicles were eliminated.
Operational-tactical and army aviation aircraft, missile and artillery units hit four command posts of the Ukrainian army near the settlements of Stepovaya Novosyolovka in the Kharkov Region, Davydov Brod and Andreyevka in the Kherson Region and Olenovka in the Nikolayev Region, 72 artillery units at firing positions, manpower and military hardware in 174 areas. Near Dvurechnaya in the Kharkov Region, an ammunition depot of the Ukrainian army was destroyed.
Russian air defense systems shot down three unmanned aerial vehicles near the settlements of Yagodnoye in the Kharkov Region, Shevchenko and Maly Kermenchik in the Donetsk People’s Republic. Also, they intercepted 21 rockets of HIMARS and Olkha multiple launch rocket systems near Lisichansk in the Lugansk People’s Republic and Novaya Kakhovka in the Kherson Region.
Since the beginning of the special military operation, the Russian troops have eliminated 325 Ukrainian warplanes, 162 helicopters, 2,326 unmanned aerial vehicles, 383 air defense missile systems, 6,020 tanks and other armored fighting vehicles, 874 multiple rocket launchers, 3,521 field artillery systems and mortars, and 6,741 special military motor vehicles.