MoD Russia:
⚡️Russian Defence Ministry report on the progress of the special military operation
(23 July 2023)
Part I (
Part II)
▫️ Last night the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation launched
a group strike with long-range, sea- and air- based precision weapons against sites where terrorist acts against the Russian Federation were being prepared with the use of unmanned boats, as well as places where they were being manufactured near Odessa. There were foreign mercenaries in the affected facilities.
All the targets have been destroyed.
▫️ The AFU continued unsuccessful attempts to conduct offensive actions in
Donetsk, Krasny Liman, South Donetsk, and Zaporozhye directions.
▫️ In Donetsk direction, as a result of coordinated and active actions by units of the Yug Group of Forces, aviation and artillery,
14 enemy attacks have been successfully repelled near Belogorovka, Mayorsk, Veseloye, Vodyanoye, Severnoye and Kleshcheevka (Donetsk People's Republic).
▫️ In addition, enemy units have been hit close to Vesyoloye and Kleshcheevka (Donetsk People's Republic).
▫️ The enemy losses were up to
370 Ukrainian servicemen,
6 armoured fighting vehicles,
24 motor vehicles,
2 U.S.-manufactured
M777 artillery systems, and
1 Gvozdika self-propelled howitzer.
▫️ 3 ammunition depots of the 22nd, 24th and 54th mechanised brigades of the AFU have been also eliminated close to Spornoye, Dzerzhinsk and Stupochki (Donetsk People's Republic).
▫️ In Krasny Liman direction, as a result of coordinated actions by aviation, artillery, heavy flame thrower systems, and units of the Tsentr Group of Forces,
6 enemy attacks have been repelled close to Novovodyanoye and Karmazinovka (Lugansk People's Republic).
▫️ In addition, AFU manpower and hardware have been hit near Yampolovka (Donetsk People's Republic), and Ploshchanka, Chervonaya Dibrova, and Nevskoye (Lugansk People's Republic).
▫️ The activities of
1 Ukrainian sabotage and reconnaissance group have been suppressed close to Nevskoye (Lugansk People's Republic).
▫️ 1 ammunition depot of the AFU 95th Airborne Assault Brigade has been destroyed near Serebryanka (Donetsk People's Republic).
▫️ The enemy losses were over
130 Ukrainian servicemen,
10 armoured fighting vehicles,
4 pickup trucks,
1 Akatsiya self-propelled artillery system, as well as
2 D-30 howitzers and
1 D-20 howitzer.
▫️ In South Donetsk direction, as a result of actions by aviation and artillery of the Vostok Group of Forces, an enemy attack has been repelled close to Novomikhailovka (Donetsk People's Republic).
▫️ In addition, AFU manpower and hardware have been hit near Staromayorskoye (Donetsk People's Republic) and Priyutnoye (Zaporozhye region).
▫️ In Zaporozhye direction, as a result of actions of the Group's units and artillery,
2 enemy attacks have been successfully repelled near Rabotino (Zaporozhye region).
▫️ AFU units have been hit close to Novodanilovka, Malaya Tokmachka and Charivnoye (Zaporozhye region).
▫️ 1 munition depot of the AFU 105th Artillery Brigade has been destroyed near Novoivanovka (Zaporozhye region).
▫️ The enemy losses were over
160 Ukrainian servicemen,
7 Leopard tanks,
15 armoured fighting vehicles, of which
10 Bradley infantry fighting vehicles,
5 motor vehicles,
1 M777 artillery system, as well as
Msta-B and D-20 howitzers.
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Russian Defence Ministry
⚡️Russian Defence Ministry report on the progress of the special military operation
(23 July 2023)
Part II (
Part I)
▫️ In Kupyansk direction, aviation and artillery of the Zapad Group of Forces have struck AFU manpower and hardware close to Molchanovo, Figolyovka, Popovka, Ivanovka, Pershotravnyovoye, Kislovka and Orlyanka (Kharkov region), and Stelmakhovka (Lugansk People's Republic).
▫️ The enemy losses were up to
30 Ukrainian servicemen,
3 armoured fighting vehicles,
3 motor vehicles, and
1 Gvozdika self-propelled howitzer.
▫️ In Kherson direction, the enemy losses were up to
60 Ukrainian servicemen,
2 armoured fighting vehicles, as well as
9 motor vehicles.
▫️ 1 AFU ammunition depot has been destroyed near Zmiyevka (Kherson region).
▫️ Operational-Tactical and Army aviation, Missile Troops and Artillery of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation have neutralised
104 AFU artillery units at their firing positions, manpower and hardware in
132 areas.
▫️ In addition,
3 command posts of
47th, 66th mechanised and 95th airborne assault brigades of the AFU have been hit close to Malaya Tokmachka (Zaporozhye region), Novovodyanoye (Lugansk People's Republic) and Serebryanka (Donetsk People's Republic).
▫️ 1 fuel depot of the AFU 33th Mechanised Brigade has been destroyed near Malaya Tokmachka (Zaporozhye region).
▫️ Fighter Aviation of Russian Aerospace Forces have shot down
1 AFU
Su-25 aircraft near Verolyubovka (Donetsk People's Republic).
▫️ Air defence facilities have intercepted
1 HIMARS multiple-launch rocket system projectile, as well as
1 Storm Shadow cruise missile.
▫️ In addition,
28 Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles have been destroyed close to Olshana, Tavolzhanka (Kharkov region), Verkhnekamenka, Oborotnovka, Privolye, Nikolayevka, Topolevka (Lugansk People's Republic), Opytnoye, Novopetrikovka, Lipovoye, Trudovoye, Soledar, Yelenovka (Donetsk People's Republic), Novoye, Zelenopol, Peremozhnoye, Kuibyshevo, Pologi (Zaporozhye region).
📊In total, 457 airplanes,
243 helicopters,
5,197 unmanned aerial vehicles,
426 air defence missile systems,
10,854 tanks and other armoured fighting vehicles,
1,139 fighting vehicles equipped with MLRS,
5,573 field artillery cannons and mortars, as well as
11,848 special military motor vehicles have been destroyed during the special military operation.
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Russian Defence Ministry