Summary of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation on the progress of the special military operation (for the period from January 6 to January 12, 2024).
During the period from January 6 to January 12, 2024, the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation carried out 23 group strikes with high-precision long-range air and sea-based weapons, including hypersonic aircraft missile systems "Dagger", as well as unmanned aerial vehicles, against enterprises of the military-industrial complex of Ukraine , which produces, modernizes and repairs aircraft, unmanned aerial vehicles, armored vehicles, missile launchers and artillery systems.
The locations of units of the Ukrainian armed forces, nationalist formations and foreign mercenaries were also hit. The target of the strikes has been achieved. All designated targets are hit.
In the Kupyansk direction , during the week, units of the “Western” group of forces improved the situation along the front line in certain sectors and repelled 27 attacks and counterattacks by assault groups of the 32nd, 43rd, 115th mechanized, 57th motorized infantry, 25th air -airborne, 95th air assault brigade in the areas of the settlements of Sinkovka, Ivanovka, Peschanoye and Berestovoe, Kharkov region.
Enemy losses for the week amounted to over 585 military personnel, three tanks, 14 armored combat vehicles, 18 vehicles, 11 field artillery pieces, as well as a Grad MLRS launcher.
In the Krasnolimansky direction, units of the "Center" group of forces, with the support of aviation and artillery fire, defeated concentrations of manpower of the 63rd, 66th mechanized brigades, 100th and 125th terrorist defense brigades, 5th and 13th brigades of the National Guard of Ukraine in the areas of the settlements of Chervonaya Dibrova of the Lugansk People's Republic, Torskoye, Yampolovka of the Donetsk People's Republic, as well as Serebryansky forestry.
The enemy lost up to 995 troops killed and wounded, five armored fighting vehicles, 25 vehicles and five field artillery pieces.
In the Donetsk direction, units of the “Southern” group of forces, with the support of aviation and artillery fire, repelled six enemy attacks. Inflicted fire damage on units of the 22nd, 28th, 42nd and 93rd mechanized, as well as the 3rd, 5th and 92nd assault brigades and the 112th terrestrial defense brigade in the areas of the settlements Krasnoye, Kurdyumovka, Antonovka, Bogdanovka, Kleshcheevka and Andreevka of the Donetsk People's Republic.
Enemy losses during this period amounted to more than 1,785 military personnel, five tanks, 20 armored combat vehicles, including two Bradley infantry fighting vehicles and five Kozak infantry fighting vehicles, 63 vehicles, as well as 14 field artillery guns.
In the South Donetsk direction, units of the Vostok group of troops repelled seven enemy attacks. Air strikes and artillery fire inflicted fire on Ukrainian units in the areas of the settlements of Novomikhailovka, Paraskovievka, Pavlovka of the Donetsk People's Republic and Priyutnoye of the Zaporozhye region.
The Ukrainian Armed Forces' losses amounted to up to 850 military personnel, three tanks, 11 armored combat vehicles, 22 vehicles, 15 field artillery pieces, as well as a Grad MLRS combat vehicle.
In the Zaporozhye direction, units of Russian troops occupied more advantageous lines and positions and repelled the attack of the assault group of the 3rd operational brigade of the National Guard of Ukraine in the area of the village of Rabotino, Zaporozhye region. In addition, fire damage was caused to manpower and equipment of the 117th, 118th mechanized and 128th mountain assault brigades of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, as well as the 14th and 15th brigades of the National Guard of Ukraine in the areas of the settlements of Malaya Tokmachka, Verbovoe, Novoprokopovka and Rabotino, Zaporozhye region.
Enemy losses amounted to up to 230 military personnel, three tanks, 10 armored combat vehicles, 17 vehicles and three field artillery pieces.
In the Kherson direction, the preemptive actions of Russian troops and the comprehensive fire defeat of the enemy thwarted the attempts of Ukrainian sabotage groups to cross to the left bank of the Dnieper and to the islands.
Air strikes and artillery fire damaged the personnel and equipment of the 35th and 38th Marine Brigades, the 121st Terrestrial Defense Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the areas of the settlements of Mikhailovka, Tyaginka, Ivanovka, Sablukovka and Kachkarovka in the Kherson region. As a result of the actions of Russian troops, the enemy lost up to 275 military personnel killed and wounded, a tank, 21 vehicles, 15 boats and seven field artillery guns.
Within a week, 48 Ukrainian servicemen surrendered, 35 of them in the Kupyansk direction.
Within a week, Aerospace Forces aviation and air defense systems shot down Su-27 and Su-25 aircraft, as well as a Mi-8 helicopter of the Ukrainian Air Force. In addition, 35 rockets from the HIMARS and Uragan multiple launch rocket systems, six Neptune anti-ship missiles, two MALD aircraft guided missiles and 161 unmanned aerial vehicles were destroyed.
Over the past week, operational-tactical aviation and missile forces of military groups destroyed: two P-18 radar stations for detecting and tracking air targets, ten ammunition depots, and an electronic warfare station.
In total, since the beginning of the special military operation, the following have been destroyed: 567 aircraft, 265 helicopters, 10,620 unmanned aerial vehicles, 447 anti-aircraft missile systems, 14,578 tanks and other armored combat vehicles, 1,202 combat vehicles of multiple launch rocket systems, 7,694 field artillery guns and mortars, as well as 17,345 units of special military vehicles.