Over the past 24 hours, the central group of Russian troops hit 360 targets of the Ukrainian Armed Forces (AFU), including 16 strongholds. This was announced on April 24 by the head of the press center of the Center group, Alexander Savchuk.
“During the day, 360 identified enemy targets were hit by fire, including 16 strongholds,” he said TASS.
Savchuk added that units of the Center group repelled nine counterattacks by assault groups of the 25th Airborne, 59th Motorized Infantry, 68th and 71st Jaegers, 23rd, 24th, 100th and 115th th mechanized brigades of the Armed Forces of Ukraine near Rozovka, Umansky, Novobakhmutovka, Pervomaisky, Ocheretino, Netaylovo, Berdychi and Semenovka.
According to the head of the press center, the Ukrainian army lost up to 360 soldiers, two armored combat vehicles, five vehicles, a 105 mm M101 gun, a 122 mm Gvozdika self-propelled gun, a 155 mm M777 howitzer, and a 152 mm Msta-B howitzer. and a 122-mm howitzer D-30.
The day before, on April 23, the head of the defense department, Sergei Shoigu, said that Russian troops have the initiative along the entire line of combat contact and are squeezing the Ukrainian Armed Forces from the lines they occupy.
Earlier, on April 22, the Russian Ministry of Defense said that the Russian army had completely taken control of the settlement of Novomikhailovka in the Donetsk People's Republic (DPR) and improved the tactical position along the front line. Russian troops also repelled three counterattacks of the Ukrainian Armed Forces near Bogdanovka and Pobeda in the region. The Ukrainian Armed Forces lost up to 410 military personnel, nine vehicles, a 122-mm Gvozdika self-propelled artillery mount, an Enclave electronic warfare station and an ammunition depot.
The special operation to protect Donbass, the beginning of which was announced by Russian President Vladimir Putin on February 24, 2022, continues. The decision was made against the backdrop of an aggravation of the situation in the region due to shelling by the Ukrainian military.
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