⚡️🇷🇺🇺🇦 Morning Briefing of The Ministry of Defense of Russia (August 22, 2023)

⚡️English Translation⚡️

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

(22 August 2023)

The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation continue the special military operation.

▫️In Kupyansk direction, units of the Zapad Group of Forces repelled 5 attacks by assault detachments of 41st, 66th, 67th mechanised and 25th airborne brigades of the AFU close to Sinkovka (Kharkov region), Novosyolovskoye and Raigorodka (Lugansk People's Republic).

▫️The enemy losses were up to 65 Ukrainian servicemen, 4 infantry fighting vehicles, 2 motor vehicles, 1 D-20 howitzer, and 1 U.S.-manufactured AN/TPQ-50 counter-battery radar station.

▫️1 ammunition depot of the AFU 103rd Territorial Defence Brigade has been destroyed near Tabaevka (Kharkov region).

▫️In Zaporozhye direction, as a result of actions by units of the Russian grouping of troops, aviation and artillery, 4 attacks by units of 65th mechanised and 82nd airborne assault brigades of the AFU have been repelled near Uspenovka and Rabotino (Zaporozhye region).

▫️The enemy losses were up to 125 Ukrainian servicemen, 3 infantry fighting vehicles, 2 armoured fighting vehicles, and 9 motor vehicles.

▫️As a result of effective counter-battery warfare, 11 enemy guns and 4 mortars have been neutralised, including: 1 U.S.-manufactured M777 artillery systems, 3 U.S.-manufactured M119 towed howitzers, Polish-manufactured Krab and French-manufactured CAEZAR self-propelled artillery systems, as well as 1 UK-manufactured FH-70 gun.

▫️In Donetsk direction, units of the Yug Group of Forces, in cooperation with aviation and artillery, have successfully repelled 3 attacks by AFU assault groups close to Novomikhailovka and Avdeevka (Donetsk People's Republic).

▫️The enemy losses were up to 235 Ukrainian servicemen, 5 infantry fighting vehicles, 2 motor vehicles, 2 U.S.-manufactured M777 artillery systems, 1 Polish-manufactured Krab self-propelled artillery system, 1 Msta-B howitzer, as well as 1 U.S.-manufactured AN/TPQ-36 counter-battery radar station.

▫️In Krasny Liman direction, as a result of coordinated actions by units of the Tsentr Group of Forces, Army Aviation, artillery and heavy flamethrower systems, 2 attacks by assault groups of the 63rd Mechanised Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine have been repelled south of Chervonaya Dibrova (Lugansk People's Republic).

▫️The enemy losses were up to 50 Ukrainian servicemen, 3 armoured fighting vehicles, as well as 2 D-30 howitzers.

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