❗️Summary of the Russian special operation in Ukraine from the Ministry of Defense. The armed forces complete the defeat of the national battalion "Donbass".
▪️During the day, Russian troops advanced 12 km, reached the Nikolskoye line and, together with the units of the DPR, blocked the settlement of Sladkoe.
▪️Up to 60 militants, two tanks, three infantry fighting vehicles, six field artillery pieces and nationalist mortars were destroyed. Currently, a battle is being fought with the remnants of the militants and units of the 54th separate mechanized brigade of Ukrainian troops for the capture of the settlements of Sladkoe, Novoukrainka and Shakhterskoe.
▪️During the day, aviation hit almost 90 military facilities of Ukraine, including 4 command posts, two MLRS installations, 9 artillery pieces, 5 depots of rocket and artillery weapons and ammunition, as well as 65 places of accumulation of military equipment. 7 drones destroyed.
▪️ During the special operation in Ukraine, the Russian Armed Forces eliminated more than 200 drones, almost 1.5 thousand tanks, 150 MLRS installations, almost 600 field artillery pieces and mortars, almost 1.3 thousand units of special military vehicles.