In addition to verifying the devastation of the US “HIMARS” missile launcher unit near Nikolaev, the Russian Defense Ministry also acknowledged the destruction of Ukrainian “Grom-2” and “Tochka-O” missile assembly facilities close to the city of Dnepropetrovsk in central Ukraine.
In a statement quoted by Russia Today, Russian Defense Spokesman Igor Konashenkov said, “The Russian armed forces continue their special military operations in Ukraine and through high-precision attacks, they managed to demolish the Ukrainian ballistic and tactical missile assembly factories (GROM). 2) and (Toshka O) are located close to the eastern vehicle assembly factory’s industrial region.
The spokesman added that in the Kramatorsk neighbourhood of Donetsk, missile strikes on the points of temporary deployment of units of the 81st Brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces and a missile and defensive armament of the 80th Offensive Brigade resulted in the death of up to 200 people, the destruction of 23 pieces of military gear, and the accumulation of more than 30 tonnes of artillery and missile ammunition.
Additionally, artillery units of the 26th and 59th Infantry Brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces were destroyed near the town of Zakotnoy, which is close to Donetsk and Nikolaev, as well as those of the 128th Offensive Brigade and 121st Regional Defense Brigade in the area of the Oskorovka towns in the Kherson region, Fremivka in Donetsk, and the 93rd Brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces.
In addition, Konashenkov said that two field refuelling stations for the 93rd Automated Brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces’ equipment were destroyed in the Redkodub town area in Donetsk, as well as six weapons, missile, and ammunition depots close to the towns of Miaki in Donetsk, Legino in the Zaporozhye Territory, Pavlograd and Kolomytsevo in the Dnipropetrovsk Territory,
According to the ministry spokesman, a mobile electronic intelligence unit of the Ukrainian Armed Forces was destroyed nearby the town of Chervony Stav in the Nikolaev region after a precise strike by the Russian Aerospace Forces, and while repelling the attacks in Nikolayev, a battery of US-made HIMARs missile launch systems was hit and an aircraft was destroyed.
In the vicinity of Ternovyi-Bode in the Nikolaev region, a second Su-25 was utilised by Russian air defence methods, and a Ukrainian MiG-29 was shot down by Russian fighter jets in the vicinity of Klishivka in the Donetsk region.
In the cities of Uruginoye in the Kherson region, Svatovo and Vladimirovka in Lugansk, Petrovskoye in Donetsk, and Novoygorovka in the Kharkov region, the Russian air defence troops also shot down 5 drones.
Over Novaya Kahovka in the Kherson region, two American “Harem” anti-radar missiles were launched.
Since the start of the special military operation, a total of 5,988 units of special military vehicles have been destroyed, along with 309 aircraft, 155 helicopters, 2,112 drones, 377 anti-aircraft systems, 5,153 tanks and other armoured fighting vehicles, 856 rocket launchers, 3440 artillery and mortars, and more.
Russian defence: Two American missiles were shot down and HIMARS launchers were destroyed.
About Author
