⚡️🇷🇺🇺🇦 Morning Briefing of The Ministry of Defense of Russia (April 6-April 12, 2024)

⚡️Official English Translation⚡️

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

(6-12 April 2024)

▫️ In South Donetsk direction, units of the Vostok Group of Forces improved the tactical situation along the front line and defeated units of seven AFU brigades and National Guard Brigade near Makarovka, Urozhaynoye, and Ugledar (Donetsk People's Republic).

Three counterattacks of AFU 58th motorised infantry and 72nd mechanised brigades' assault groups were repelled near Nikolskoye and Novodonetskoye.

The AFU losses were more than 840 Ukrainian troops, two tanks, two armoured fighting vehicles, 25 motor vehicles, and 11 field artillery guns, including five U.S.-made M777 howitzers.

▫️ In Kherson direction, units of the Dnepr Group of Forces inflicted fire damage on manpower and hardware of one mountain assault, three mechanised, one marine, and two territorial defence brigades of the Ukrainian Armed Forces close to Rabotino, Mirnoye, Stepovoye, Pavlovka (Zaporozhye region), Mikhailovka, and Novotyaginka (Kherson region).

The AFU losses amounted to more than 335 Ukrainian troops, three tanks, 29 motor vehicles, and 22 field artillery guns, including six U.S.-made M777 howitzers.

▫️Missile Troops, Artillery, and unmanned aerial vehicles of the Russian Groups of Forces have wiped out five French-Italian-made SAMP/T anti-aircraft launchers, S-300 and S-125 SAM systems, as well as two P-18 radar stations for detecting and tracking air targets during the week.

▫️Aviation and air defence units shot down one Neptune anti-ship missile, 12 French-made Hammer and U.S.-made JDAM aerial guided bombs, 25 HIMARS and Uragan MLRS projectiles, as well as 1,712 unmanned aerial vehicles.

A total of 21 servicemen of the Armed Forces of Ukraine surrendered during the week.

📊 In total, 583 airplanes and 270 helicopters, 20,604 unmanned aerial vehicles, 500 air defence missile systems, 15,761 tanks and other armoured fighting vehicles, 1,266 combat vehicles equipped with MLRS, 8,836 field artillery cannons and mortars, as well as 20,910 units of special military equipment have been destroyed during the special military operation.

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