Morning briefing of the Ministry of Defense of Russia (19 – 25 October 2024) - TEXT ONLY

⚡️ Russian Defence Ministry reports on the progress of the special military operation (19 – 25 October 2024)

From 19 to 25 October, the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation have carried out 42 group strikes by high-precision weapons as well as attack drones to hit the oil-gas and energy enterprises which supported Ukrainian defence industry, as well as infrastructure of military airfields, production workshops and storage areas of unmanned aerial vehicles.

In addition, ammunition depots, fuel facilities, temporary deployment areas of AFU troops, nationalist formations, and foreign mercenaries were hit.

▫️ Over the past week, the Sever Group of Forces has been eliminating the AFU formations in Kursk region.

Strikes by aviation, unmanned aerial vehicles, and artillery inflicted fire damage on manpower and hardware of a tank brigade, six mechanised brigades, three airborne assault brigades of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, a marine brigade, four territorial defence brigades, and two national guard brigades.

In Kharkov direction, formations of an AFU motorised infantry brigade, airborne assault brigade, and two territorial defence brigades were hit.

During the week in the Sever Group of Forces area of responsibility, the enemy suffered losses of over 2,720 troops, 10 tanks, and 74 armoured fighting vehicles, including four Bradley infantry fighting vehicles, and two M113 armoured personnel carriers made in the USA. Russian units destroyed 47 field artillery guns, 42 motor vehicles, 11 electronic warfare and counter-battery stations, as well as four field ammunition depots.

▫️The Zapad Group of Forces liberated Novosadovoye of the Donetsk People's Republic.

Russian units hit manpower and materiel of a tank brigade, seven mechanised brigades, an assault brigade, an airmobile brigade of the AFU, and a territorial defence brigade.

Twenty counter-attacks launched by the AFU assault detachments were repelled.

The enemy's losses amounted to up to 3,180 troops, a tank, 11 armoured fighting vehicles, including four U.S.-made M113 armoured personnel carriers, 28 motor vehicles, and 30 field artillery guns, 19 of which were manufactured by NATO countries. Six electronic and counter-battery warfare stations and eight field ammunition depots were eliminated.

▫️ The Yug Group of Forces continued to advance into the depths of the enemy's defence and liberated Zoryanoye and Serebryanka (Donetsk People's Republic).

Russian units engaged five mechanised brigades, two motorised rifle brigades, two infantry brigades, an assault brigade, a mountain assault brigade, an air assault brigade, two airmobile brigades of the AFU, territorial defence brigades, and national guard brigades. Eleven counter-attacks launched by AFU assault detachments were thwarted.

The enemy losses amounted to more than 5,410 troops, a tank, seven armoured fighting vehicles, including three U.S.-made M113 armoured personnel carriers, 45 motor vehicles, and 37 field artillery guns, 13 of which were Western-made. Five electronic warfare stations and eleven field ammunition depots were destroyed.

▫️The Tsentr Group of Forces liberated Nikolayevka (Donetsk People's Republic).

Russian units hit manpower and materiel of six mechanised brigades, a motorised infantry brigade, two infantry brigades, a jaeger brigade, an airborne brigade, an air assault brigade of the AFU, two marine brigades, two territorial defence brigades, two formations of the National Guard, and the Lyut Assault Brigade of the National Police of Ukraine.

In addition, 72 enemy counter-attacks were repelled.

Over the past week, the losses of Ukrainian armed groups in this area amounted to 3,130 troops, 28 armoured fighting vehicles, including a French-made VAB APCs, as well as United States-made: four Bradley IFVs, seven M113 and M1117 APCs, and two HMMWV armoured fighting vehicles. In addition, 35 field artillery guns and 23 motor vehicles were neutralised.

▫️The Vostok Group of Forces captured more advantageous lines and positions. Russian units engaged formations of a mechanised brigade, a motorised infantry brigade, and three territorial defence brigades, a national guard brigade.

The enemy lost up to 750 troops, three armoured fighting vehicles, 21 motor vehicles, and 16 field artillery guns, including 13 155-mm self-propelled artillery systems and howitzers made by NATO countries.

▫️ The Dnepr Group of Forces engaged the manpower and hardware of the three mechanised brigades, an infantry brigade, a mountain assault brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, two marine brigades, three territorial defence brigades, and a national guard brigade.

The enemy's losses amounted to up to 440 troops, 37 motor vehicles, and nine field artillery guns. One German-made IRIS-T anti-aircraft missile launcher and seven field ammunition depots were neutralised.

▫️ Russian Aerospace Forces shot down one MiG-29 aircraft of Ukrainian Air Force.

Air defence units shot down three French-made Hammer guided aerial bombs, 39 U.S.-made HIMARS projectiles, and 521 fixed-wing unmanned aerial vehicles during the week.

▫️ During the week, 55 Ukrainian servicemen surrendered, including 39 servicemen on the line of contact in Kursk region.

📊 ▫️In total, since the beginning of the special military operation, 647 aircraft, 283 helicopters, 34,304 unmanned aerial vehicles, 584 anti-aircraft missile systems, 18,871 tanks and other armoured fighting vehicles, 1,478 MLRS combat vehicles, 16,761 field artillery guns and mortars, and 27,598 units of support military vehicles have been neutralised.