by Chris Black
– In the course of successful offensive operations against Ukrainian nationalists, Russian military personnel capture a large number of man-portable anti-aircraft missile systems of various types.
– Yesterday, another Igla MANPADS were seized in the Kherson region. Ukrainian nationalists, hastily retreating from their positions, abandoned these complexes in boxes along with other weapons and ammunition.
– At present, a check of the serial numbers of MANPADS abandoned by Ukrainian nationalists has been organized to establish the supplier country of these weapons from Eastern Europe
– The Kyiv nationalist regime, uncontrollably distributing man-portable anti-aircraft missile systems received from European countries and the United States, creates a long-term threat of terrorist attacks on civilian aircraft. This applies not only to Ukraine, but above all to European countries that send hundreds of mercenaries and neo-Nazis to participate in hostilities.
– Russian servicemen will continue to search for and seize MANPADS abandoned by nationalists to prevent terrorists from getting lethal weapons and their subsequent removal from Ukraine
– During the day, aviation and air defense of the Russian Aerospace Forces shot down three unmanned aerial vehicles in the air, including two – “Bayraktar TB-2”
– Operational-tactical and army aviation of the Russian Aerospace Forces hit 82 objects of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. Including: four control points and a communication center, three anti-aircraft missile systems; one S-300, one Buk M-1 and one Osa, three ammunition depots and fuel and lubricants, as well as 63 places of accumulation of military equipment.
– In total, during the operation, 3346 objects of the military infrastructure of Ukraine were put out of action.
Destroyed:
121 unmanned aerial vehicles,
1067 tanks and other armored fighting vehicles,
114 multiple launch rocket systems,
412 field artillery pieces and mortars,
862 units of special military vehicles.
– A group of DPR troops, with fire support from the Russian Armed Forces, went to the settlements of Novoandreevka, Kirilovka and blocked Blagodatnoe. Promotion in depth was 8 kilometers.
– The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, continuing the offensive on a wide front, reached the Novodonetskoye – Novomayorskoye – Yegorovka line.
The advance was 11 kilometres.