⚡️🇷🇺🇺🇦 Morning Briefing of The Ministry of Defense of Russia (July 20, 2023)

⚡️English Translation⚡️

⚡️Russian Defence Ministry report on the progress of the special military operation

(20 July 2023)

▫️Tonight the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation continued the strikes with sea- and air-based precision weapons against production workshops and storage sites for unmanned boats near Odessa and Ilyichyovsk (Odessa region).

▫️In addition, fuel infrastructure facilities and ammunition depots of the AFU have been destroyed close to Nikolayev.

▫️The goal of the attack has been reached. All the assigned targets have been neutralised.

▫️The AFU continued to attempt offensive actions in Donetsk, Krasny Liman and South Donetsk directions.

▫️In Donetsk direction, as a result of coordinated and active actions by units of the Yug Group of Forces, aviation and artillery, 16 enemy attacks have been successfully repelled near Belogorovka, Pervomayskoye, Vesyoloye, Krasnogorovka, Maryinka and north of Kleshcheevka (Donetsk People's Republic).

▫️Operational-Tactical and Army aviation have hit AFU personnel and hardware close to Bogdanovka, Chasov Yar and Dyleevka (Donetsk People's Republic).

▫️The enemy losses were 210 Ukrainian servicemen, 1 armoured fighting vehicle, 3 motor vehicles, 1 U.S.-manufactured M777 artillery system,

▫️Akatsiya and Gvozdika self-propelled artillery systems, as well as 1 D-30 howitzers, D-20 and Msta-B guns.

▫️In addition, 2 ammunition depots of the 81st Airmobile and 110th Mechanised brigades of the AFU have been destroyed near Serebryanka and Avdeevka (Donetsk People's Republic).

▫️In Kupyansk direction, the attacks, launched by Operational-Tactical and Army aviation, as well as artillery of the Zapad Group of Forces, have resulted in the neutralisation of the enemy manpower and hardware close to Molchanovo, Kislovka (Kharkov region), and Stelmakhovka (Lugansk People's Republic).

▫️The actions of 1 Ukrainian sabotage and reconnaissance group have been disrupted close to Ivanovka (Kharkov region).

▫️The enemy losses were up to 110 Ukrainian servicemen, 1 infantry fighting vehicle, 4 motor vehicles, as well as Msta-B and D-20 howitzers.

▫️In Krasny Liman direction, the Tsentr Group of Forces units have repelled 2 enemy attacks north-west of Chervonaya Dibrova (Lugansk People's Republic).

▫️1 AFU sabotage and reconnaissance group has been eliminated near Kremennaya (Lugansk People's Republic).

▫️In addition, aviation and artillery have launched attacks on units of 21st, 63rd and 67th mechanised brigades of the AFU close to Yampolovka, Torskoye (Donetsk People's Republic) and Serebryanskoye forestry.

▫️The enemy losses were up to 60 Ukrainian servicemen, 1 infantry fighting vehicle, 2 armoured fighting vehicles, 3 motor vehicles, 1 Gvozdika self-propelled artillery system and 2 D-30 howitzers.

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