MoD Russia:
⚡️
Russian Defence Ministry report on the progress of the special military operation
(9 May 2023)
Part I (see
Part II)
💥
Last night, the Russian Armed Forces launched a concentrated long-range, sea- and air-launched high-precision attack on temporary enemy reserve areas and ammunition depots.
◽️ The purpose of the strike has been
achieved. All the assigned
targets have been
engaged.
◽️
As a result of the strikes, the movement of reserves as well as the delivery of ammunition to combat areas has been thwarted.
💥 In Kupyansk direction,
aviation and artillery of the Zapad Group of Forces have engaged the units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU) close to Sinkova and Berestovoye (Kharkov region).
◽️ Over the past 24 hours, up to
35 Ukrainian troops,
one tank,
two motor vehicles, and
one Akatsiya self-propelled artillery system have been neutralised in this direction.
◽️ In Krasny Liman direction, Operational-Tactical and Army aviation and artillery of the Tsentr Group of Forces have
inflicted fire damage on enemy manpower and hardware close to Chervonaya Dibrova and Nevskoye (Lugansk People's Republic).
◽️ The enemy suffered losses of up to
75 Ukrainian troops,
two armoured fighting vehicles,
three pick-up trucks,
one Grad MLRS, and
two D-30 howitzers.
💥
In Donetsk direction, assault detachments continued their offensive in the west part of the city of Artyomovsk. Airborne Troops support the action of the assault detachments paralysing the enemy on the flanks.
◽️ Operational-Tactical and Army aviation and artillery of the Yug Group of Forces
inflicted fire damage on the units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine close to Bogdanovka and Chasov Yar (Donetsk People's Republic). Russian aviation conducted five sorties in this area during the past 24 hours. The artillery have performed 73 fire tasks overnight.
◽️ The enemy has suffered losses of over 465 Ukrainian troops and mercenaries, two tanks, six armoured fighting vehicles, six motor vehicles, one Grad self-propelled artillery system, and two D-20 and D-30 howitzers in the past 24 hours.
💥 In South Donetsk and Zaporozhye directions, aviation and artillery of the Vostok Group of Forces carried out attack against AFU units in the areas of Ugledar (Donetsk People's Republic) and Gulyay Pole (Zaporozhye region).
◽️ Over
90 Ukrainian troops,
two armoured fighting vehicles,
two motor vehicles, and
one Msta-B howitzer have been neutralised during the day.
◽️ Moreover,
one ammunition depot of the 128th Mountain Assault Brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces has been hit close to Shcherbaki (Zaporozhye region).
💥 In Kherson direction, Russian troops have neutralised up to
30 Ukrainian troops,
five motor vehicles, and
two Gvozdika self-propelled artillery systems during the day.
◽️ Moreover,
an ammunition depot of the 124rd Territorial Defence Brigade was neutralised close to Antonovka (Kherson region).
#MoD
🔹 @mod_russia_en
⚡️ Russian Defence Ministry report on the progress of the special military operation
(9 May 2023)
Part II (see
Part I)
💥 Operational-Tactical and Army aviation, Missile Troops and Artillery of the Russian Group of Forces have engaged
72 AFU artillery units, manpower, and hardware in
94 areas during the day.
◽️
An ammunition depot of the 54th Mechanised Brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces has been hit close to Verkhnekamenskoye (Donetsk People's Republic).
💥 Russian air defence facilities have shot down
one Su-25 airplane of Ukrainian Air Force near Belozerka (Kherson region).
◽️ Air defence systems have downed
three HIMARS and Uragan MRLS projectiles and
one Tochka-U tactical missile during the day.
◽️ In addition,
10 Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles were destroyed close to Golikovo (Lugansk People's Republic), Spornoye (Donetsk People's Republic), Removka (Zaporozhye region), as well as Novaya Mayachka and Belozerka (Kherson region).
📊 In total,
419 airplanes and
230 helicopters,
4,052 unmanned aerial vehicles,
421 air defence missile systems,
9,046 tanks and other armoured combat vehicles,
1,098 combat vehicles equipped with MLRS,
4,774 field artillery cannons and mortars, as well as
10,077 units of special military equipment have been destroyed during the special military operation.
#MoD
🔹 @mod_russia_en