Summary of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation on the progress of the special military operation (for the period from December 3 to December 8, 2023)
During the period from December 3 to 8 of this year, the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation carried out 30 group strikes with precision weapons and unmanned aerial vehicles on the military airfield infrastructure of the Armed Forces of Ukraine: arsenals, storage areas for artillery ammunition, military equipment and fuel depots. In addition, the locations of units of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, nationalist formations and foreign mercenaries were hit. All designated targets are hit.
In the Kupyansk direction, units of the “Western” group of forces improved the position along the front line in certain sectors and repelled 19 enemy attacks. Aviation strikes, artillery fire and heavy flamethrower systems damaged the manpower and equipment of the 25th airborne, 57th motorized infantry, 41st, 43rd and 60th mechanized brigades of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the areas of the settlements of Sinkovka, Ivanovka, Berestovoe , Peschanoye, Kharkov region and Nevskoye, Lugansk People's Republic.
Enemy losses for the week amounted to over 480 military personnel, three tanks, 13 armored combat vehicles, 12 vehicles and seven field artillery guns.
In the Krasnolimansk direction, units of the Center group of troops improved the situation along the front line in the area of the village of Yampolovka in the Donetsk People's Republic and, with the support of aviation and artillery fire, repelled ten attacks by Ukrainian Armed Forces assault groups. In addition, concentrations of manpower of the 95th Airborne Assault, 63rd and 66th Mechanized Brigades, as well as the 12th Special Purpose Brigade in the areas of the settlements of Kirovsk, Torskoye, Yampol and Serebryanka of the Donetsk People's Republic were defeated.
The losses of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in this direction amounted to more than 1,445 military personnel, 11 armored combat vehicles, 17 vehicles and five field artillery guns.
In the Donetsk direction, the “Southern” group of troops inflicted fire damage on enemy personnel and equipment in the areas of the settlements of Marinka, Kurdyumovka, Bogdanovka, Andreevka and Kleshcheevka of the Donetsk People’s Republic. Over the past week, Russian units in this direction repelled 18 enemy attacks.
The total losses of the Ukrainian Armed Forces amounted to more than 1,560 military personnel, 12 armored combat vehicles, 17 vehicles and 22 field artillery guns.
In the South Donetsk direction, units of the Vostok group of troops, with air strikes and artillery fire, defeated units of the 58th motorized infantry, 79th air assault, 23rd, 72nd mechanized brigades of the Ukrainian Armed Forces and the 102nd military defense brigade in populated areas Novomikhailovka, Ugledar, Urozhaynoye of the Donetsk People's Republic and Levadnoye of the Zaporozhye region.
The losses of the Ukrainian Armed Forces amounted to over 845 military personnel, three tanks, 13 armored combat vehicles, 17 vehicles, 12 field artillery guns and a Grad MLRS combat vehicle.
In the Zaporozhye direction, units of Russian troops conducted an active defense during which they repelled five attacks by assault groups of the 82nd Airborne Assault, 117th and 118th Mechanized Brigades in the areas of the settlements of Verbovoye, Nesteryanka and Uspenovka in the Zaporozhye region.
Also, fire damage was caused to the personnel and equipment of the 46th airmobile, 33rd and 65th mechanized brigades of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the areas of the settlements of Dorozhnyanka, Malaya Tokmachka and Rabotino, Zaporozhye region. Enemy losses for the week amounted to up to 260 military personnel, six armored combat vehicles, 15 vehicles and five field artillery guns.
In the Kherson direction, complex fire damage and preemptive actions of Russian troops thwarted the attempts of the Ukrainian Armed Forces to cross by sabotage groups to the left bank of the Dnieper and the island. In addition, aviation strikes and artillery fire damaged the personnel and equipment of the 35th and 36th Marine Brigades, the 124th Terrestrial Defense Brigade in the areas of the settlements of Tyaginka, Tokarevka, Nikolskoye and Chernobaevka in the Kherson region.
As a result of the fighting, enemy losses amounted to up to 350 military personnel, 13 field artillery pieces, 17 vehicles and 21 boats.
During the week, air defense systems shot down five Ukrainian aircraft, of which: three Mig-29 and two Su-25, as well as one Mi-8 helicopter of the Ukrainian Air Force. In addition, 11 HIMARS multiple launch rocket system missiles, two HARM anti-radar missiles, two S-200 anti-aircraft missiles converted to hit ground targets, one JDAM guided bomb and 224 unmanned aerial vehicles were intercepted.
Within a week, 12 Ukrainian servicemen were captured.
In total, since the beginning of the special military operation, the following have been destroyed: 550 aircraft, 257 helicopters, 9,577 unmanned aerial vehicles, 442 anti-aircraft missile systems, 13,894 tanks and other armored combat vehicles, 1,188 combat vehicles of multiple launch rocket systems, 7,279 field artillery guns and mortars, as well as 16,056 units of special military vehicles.
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