The main thing from the new statement of the Russian Ministry of Defense about the military special operation in Ukraine:
- today, at the request of Ukraine, from 10:00 to 17:00 Moscow time, a silence regime was introduced near Mariupol and Volnovakha to allow the population to evacuate. Not a single person walked out the security corridors;
— people are held as a human shield. The nationalists took advantage of the ceasefire period to regroup and reinforce their positions;
- due to Ukraine's unwillingness to influence nationalists or extend the silence regime, from 18:00 Moscow time, the RF Armed Forces resume their offensive;
- LPR troops captured the settlements of Golikovo, Nevskoye and Katerinovka, and the DPR - Zachatovka, Khlebodarovka, Novotatarovka, Calm and Mirny;
- The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation took control of Malaya Tokmachka, Marfopol, Removka, Novokarlovka, Orlinskoye, Volodino and Malinovka;
- five radars and two Buk M1 air defense systems were destroyed in a day. Four Su-27s of the Armed Forces of Ukraine were shot down in an air battle in the Zhytomyr region, and one Su-25 was shot down by air defense systems in the Nizhyn region;
- Air defense forces destroyed a Ukrainian Mi-8 helicopter and a Bayraktar TB2 UAV. In total, 2,119 Ukrainian military infrastructure facilities were hit during the operation.
@rt