⚡️ On 1 December at around 8.00 am Moscow time, one uncrewed surface vehicle of the Ukrainian Navy was detected travelling in the direction of the Crimean peninsula in the western part of the Black Sea.

The detected target was destroyed from the standard armament of the Black Sea Fleet's naval aviation.

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Report by Press Centre Chief of Yug Group of Forces

▫️Units of the Yug Group of Forces continue to perform tasks in Donetsk direction of the special military operation.

▫️The Group's units, aviation, and artillery repelled two attacks of the AFU 79th Air Assault Brigade's assault groups near Maryinka.

▫️Artillery inflicted fire damage on manpower and hardware of the AFU 93rd Mechanised Brigade close to Andreevka.

▫️The enemy lost up to 270 Ukrainian troops, two armoured fighting vehicles, and three pickup trucks.

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Russia's Su-25 ground-attack aircraft strike AFU facilities and hardware

📍 South Donetsk direction

After the use of aviation weapons, the crews performed a manoeuver, releasing heat flares, and returned to the departure airfield.

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Report by Press Centre Chief of Vostok Group of Forces

▫️The Vostok Group of Forces' units continue to carry out combat tasks in South Donetsk direction of the special military operation.

▫️In the course of the active defence, the Group's motorised rifle units supported by artillery thwarted three attempts of the AFU 79th Air Assault Brigade' units to make a rotation close to Novomikhailovka.

▫️ The Group's artillery destroyed temporary deployment areas of AFU 72nd mechanised, 58th mechanised infantry brigades close to Konstantinovka and Novoukrainka.

▫️Up to 100 Ukrainian personnel, one tank, two armoured fighting vehicles, and three motor vehicles were neutralised.

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Opening statement by Minister of Defence of the Russian Federation General of the Army Sergei Shoigu at Defence Ministry Board Session

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Report by Press Centre Chief of Zapad Group of Forces

▫️ The Zapad Group of Forces' units continue combat missions of the special military operation in Kupyansk direction.

▫️ In the course of the active defence, combined arms units repelled two counterattacks of AFU 14th, 30th mechanised brigades' assault groups near Sinkovka.

▫️ The enemy lost up to 45 Ukrainian troops and two motor vehicles.

▫️ In the course of the counter-battery warfare, the group's artillery destroyed three mortar crews and one enemy ammunition supply point.

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Hunt continues

💥 UAV operators eliminate AFU militants in shelters near Kleshcheyevka

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Precise strikes at the enemy

Russian unmanned aerial vehicles wipe out AFU firing points and Ukrainian troops at positions near Belogorovka.

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Russian Aerospace Forces Ka-52 attack helicopters obliterate AFU command post and armoured hardware in Donetsk direction

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UAV crews of Airborne Troops continue to eliminate enemy troops

Lancet loitering munitions wipe out AFU floating crafts and motorised vehicles on the right bank of the Dnepr River in Kherson region and FPV-drone crews neutralise observation posts and manpower in shelters near Artyomovsk.

📍 In Kherson region, paratroopers unmanned aerial vehicle crews on the right bank of the Dnieper River located enemy floating crafts which loaded personnel to transport Ukrainian troops on the left bank of the river.

💥 Professionally and skilfully deploying Lancet loitering munitions, the unmanned aerial vehicle crews wiped out all the targets, including several boats, a truck, and a significant number of personnel.

📍 Paratroopers units actively deploy copter-type FPV-drones in Artyomovsk direction.

💥 Several paratroopers unmanned aerial vehicles eliminated enemy troops in shelters of strongholds and collapsed buildings. Two observation posts and more than a section of Ukrainian troops were eliminated.

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⚡️ Russian Defence Ministry report on the progress of the special military operation

(25 November – 2 December 2023)

Part I (see Part II)

▫️ In the period from 25 November to 2 December 2023, the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation inflicted 27 group strikes with high-precision weapons and unmanned aerial vehicles on the military airfield infrastructure, arsenals, storage sites for artillery ammunition, weapons and military hardware, as well as enemy POL bases.

In addition, the AFU temporary deployment sites were struck. All the assigned targets have been engaged.

▫️ In Kupyansk direction, units of the Zapad Group of Forces have improved the situation along the front line near Sinkovka (Kharkov region) and repelled 18 AFU attacks.

Aviation and artillery inflicted losses on manpower and hardware of the AFU 10th Mountain Assault Brigade, 57th Motorised Infantry Brigade, 14th, 43rd, 53rd, and 67th mechanised brigades near Sinkovka, Ivanovka, and Kislovka (Kharkov region).

The enemy losses amounted to more than 315 Ukrainian troops, two tanks, eight armoured fighting vehicles, 15 motor vehicles, and seven field artillery guns.

▫️ In Krasny Liman direction, units of the Tsentr Group of Forces supported by aviation, artillery, and heavy flamethrower systems repelled 13 attacks launched by assault detachments of the AFU 12th Special Operations Brigade, 47th and 67th mechanised brigades.

In addition, strikes were delivered at manpower of the AFU 31st National Guard Brigade, 117th and 125th territorial defence brigades close to Torskoye, Krasny Liman, Serebryanka, and Grigorovka (Donetsk People's Republic).

The enemy losses amounted to up to 950 Ukrainian troops killed and wounded, seven armoured fighting vehicles, and 21 motor vehicles in this direction.

▫️ In Donetsk direction, units of the Yug Group of Forces supported by aviation and artillery continued to improve the tactical situation at the forward lines and liberated Artyomovskoye (Donetsk People's Republic).

In addition, strikes were delivered at the AFU manpower and hardware near Maryinka, Kurdyumovka, and Kleshcheyevka (Donetsk People's Republic).

Over the past week, 25 attacks by the Ukrainian Armed Forces were repelled.

The enemy losses amounted to more than 1680 Ukrainian troops, six tanks, six armoured fighting vehicles, 31 motor vehicles, and 19 field artillery guns.

▫️ In South Donetsk direction, units of the Vostok Group of Forces repelled three enemy attacks.

Aviation and artillery inflicted losses on units of the AFU 58th Motorised Infantry Brigade, 72nd Mechanised Brigade, and 128th Territorial Defence Brigade close to Novomikhailovka, Staromayorskoye, Nikolskoye, Shevchenko, Konstantinovka, and Novodonetskoye (Donetsk People's Republic).

The enemy losses amounted to more than 880 Ukrainian troops, one tank, six armoured fighting vehicles, 20 motor vehicles, and five field artillery guns.

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⚡️ Russian Defence Ministry report on the progress of the special military operation

(25 November – 2 December 2023)

Part II (see Part I)

▫️ In Zaporozhye direction, units of the Russian Group of Forces engaged in intensive defence, during which repelled 14 attacks of the AFU units near Rabotino and Verbovoye (Zaporozhye region).

Moreover, the Russian Armed Forces inflicted fire damage on manpower and hardware of the AFU 71st Jaeger Brigade, 82nd Assault Brigade, 33rd, 65th, and 118th mechanised brigades near Malaya Tokmachka and Novoandreyevka (Zaporozhye region).

The AFU losses amounted to more than 315 Ukrainian troops, five tanks, seven armoured fighting vehicles, 21 motor vehicles, as well as five field artillery guns.

▫️In Kherson direction, the enemy units made unsuccessful attempts to land infantry groups on islands and the left bank of the Dnepr.

As a result of preventive actions by the Russian forces and artillery fire assaults, the AFU have lost up to 450 Ukrainian troops, 13 field artillery guns, 23 boats, and 26 motor vehicles. Two AFU sabotage and reconnaissance groups were eliminated.

In addition, units of the AFU 35th, 36th, and 37th marines brigades have been struck near Tyaginka, Tokarevka, and Sadovoye (Kherson region).

In addition, 14 Ukrainian servicemen were taken prisoner in this direction during the week.

▫️Operational-Tactical and Missile Troops of the Russian Groups of Forces destroyed one fuel depot and the air park at the airfield near Mirgorod (Poltava region), as well as six P-18 radar stations.

▫️Air defence systems shot down eight aircraft of the Ukrainian Air Force during the week, namely, five MiG-29, two Su-27, one Su-25, as well as one Mi-8 helicopter.

Air defence units shot down 41 HIMARS and Uragan MLRS projectiles, three HARM anti-radiation missiles, and 188 Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles.

📊 In total, 545 airplanes and 256 helicopters, 9,353 unmanned aerial vehicles, 442 air defence missile systems, 13,743 tanks and other armoured fighting vehicles, 1,187 combat vehicles equipped with MLRS, 7,215 field artillery guns and mortars, as well as 15,844 units of special military equipment have been destroyed during the special military operation.

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Report by Press Centre Chief of Vostok Group of Forces

▫️The Vostok Group of Forces' units continue to carry out combat tasks in South Donetsk direction of the special military operation.

▫️In the course of the active defence, the Group's motorised rifle units supported by artillery thwarted three attempts of the AFU 79th Air Assault Brigade' units to make a rotation close to Novomikhailovka.

▫️ The Group's artillery destroyed temporary deployment areas of AFU 72nd mechanised, 58th mechanised infantry brigades close to Konstantinovka and Novoukrainka.

▫️Up to 100 Ukrainian personnel, one tank, two armoured fighting vehicles, and three motor vehicles were neutralised.

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