Morning briefing of the Ministry of Defense of Russia (October 7, 2024) - SUB

⚡️ Russian Defence Ministry reports on the progress of the special military operation (7 October 2024)

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

▫️ The Sever Group of Forces in Liptsy and Volchansk directions engaged the units of the 57th Motorised Infantry Brigade, 71st Jaeger Brigade, 92nd Air Assault Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, the 113th Territorial Defence Brigade in Malye Prokhody, Liptsy, Verkhnyaya Pisarevka, Volchansk, and Khripuny (Kharkov region).

The AFU lost up to 95 troops, two armoured fighting vehicles, two pickup trucks, and one 152-mm Akatsiya self-propelled artillery system.

▫️ The Zapad Group's units have taken more advantageous lines and positions. Russian troops hit personnel and materiel of the 30th, 44th, 63rd, 66th mechanised brigades, 3rd Assault Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, 114th Territorial Defence Brigade, and 1st National Guard Brigade close to Kupyansk, Petropavlovka, Novoosinovo, Kruglyakovka, Lozovaya, and Druzhelyubovka (Kharkov region), and Torskoye (Donetsk People's Republic).

Four counter-attacks launched by assault detachments of the 14th and 116th mechanised brigades of the AFU were repelled.

The enemy losses amounted to more than 410 troops, two infantry fighting vehicles, six motor vehicles, one 155-mm Braveheart self-propelled artillery system, one UK-made 105-mm L-119 gun, two 122-mm D-30 howitzers; and one M113 armoured personnel carrier, one MaxxPro armoured fighting vehicle, and one 155-mm M198 howitzer made by the USA.

One Anklav-N electronic warfare station and two field ammunition depots were destroyed.

▫️ The Yug Group of Forces continued advancing to the depth of enemy defences. The Group engaged the units of the 22nd, 30th, 54th, 93rd mechanised brigades, 56th Motorised Infantry Brigade, 144th Infantry Brigade, 46th Airmobile Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and 18th National Guard Brigade close to Serebryanka, Alekseyevo-Druzkovka, Seversk, Nikiforovka, Verolyubovka, Stupochki, Predtechino, Belaya Gora, Maksimilyanovka, and Katerinovka (Donetsk People's Republic).

Two counter-attacks launched by assault detachments of the 28th Mechanised Brigade and 81st Airmobile Brigade of the AFU were repelled.

The enemy sustained losses of up to 590 troops, 19 motor vehicles, one UK-made 155-mm FH-70 howitzer, one U.S.-made 155-mm M777 howitzer, and three U.S.-made 105-mm M119 howitzers, one 152-mm D-20 gun, and one 122-mm D-30 howitzer.

One Anklav-N electronic warfare station and two field ammunition depots were destroyed.

▫️ As a result of decisive actions of the Tsentr Group of Forces units, Grodovka (Donetsk People's Republic) was liberated.

They also inflicted fire damage on the 23rd, 24th, 33rd, and 150th mechanised brigades, 5th Tank Brigade, 25th Airborne Brigade, 95th Air Assault Brigade of the AFU, 112th, 117th, and 120th territorial defence brigades, 12th and 14th national guard brigades close to Aleksandro-Kalinovo, Dzerzhinsk, Sukhaya Balka, Dimitrov, Lysovka, Selidovo, Tsukurino, Krasnoye (Donetsk People's Republic) and Raypole (Dnepropetrovsk region).

Ten counter-attacks launched by assault detachments of the 42nd, 53rd, 100th, 151st mechanised brigades, 152nd Infantry Brigade, 68th Jaeger Brigade, 5th Assault Brigade, and 49th Assault Battalion of the Armed Forces of Ukraine were repelled.

The enemy lost more than 420 troops, one German-made Leopard tank, three armoured fighting vehicles, six motor vehicles, three 152-mm Msta-B howitzers, and two U.S.-made 105-mm M119 guns.

▫️ The Vostok Group of Forces has improved the tactical situation. They inflicted damage on manpower and materiel of the 33rd and 72nd mechanised brigades, 58th Motorised Infantry Brigade of the AFU, 110th and 128th territorial defence brigades, and 21st National Guard Brigade close to Dobrovolye, Zolotaya Niva, Velikaya Novoselka, Razliv, Zelyonoye Pole (Donetsk People's Republic).

The Russian troops repelled a counter-attack launched by an assault group of the 116th Territorial Defence Brigade.

The AFU losses amounted to up to 120 troops, one infantry fighting vehicle, one U.S.-made HMMWV armoured fighting vehicle, nine motor vehicles, two UK-made 155-mm FH-70 howitzers, one 152-mm D-20 gun and one 122-mm Gvozdika self-propelled artillery system.

▫️ The Dnepr Group of Forces has engaged personnel and hardware of the 65th Mechanised Brigade, 128th Mountain Assault Brigade of the AFU, the 35th Marine Brigade, and the 124th Territorial Defence Brigades close to Malaya Tokmachka, Novodanilovka (Zaporozhye region), Nikolskoye, and Veletenskoye (Kherson region).

The AFU losses amounted to up to 80 troops, five motor vehicles, three 152-mm D-20 guns, and one field ammunition depot.

▫️ Operational-Tactical Aviation, attack unmanned aerial vehicles, and Missile Troops and Artillery of the Russian Groups of Forces have obliterated an Israeli-made RADA RPS-42 multi-role radar and hit the infrastructure of two military airfields, depots storing ammunition and military hardware of the AFU, production workshops and storage sites of unmanned aerial vehicles, as well as clusters of manpower and military hardware of the AFU in 129 areas.

▫️ Air defence systems shot down three ATACMS operational-tactical missiles, five U.S.-made HIMARS projectiles, as well as 74 fixed-wing unmanned aerial vehicles.

📊 ▫️ In total, since the beginning of the special military operation, 646 aircraft, 283 helicopters, 33,013 unmanned aerial vehicles, 580 anti-aircraft missile systems, 18,544 tanks and other armoured fighting vehicles, 1,469 MLRS combat vehicles, 15,743 field artillery guns and mortars, and 27,020 units of support military vehicles have been neutralised.