⚡️ 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.

🔹 Russian Defence Ministry

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.

🔹 Russian Defence Ministry

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▫️ The Ministry of Defence of the Russian Federation reported on the results of the special military operation for the period from 25 November – 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 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);

• air defence units shot down 41 HIMARS and Uragan MLRS projectiles, three HARM anti-radiation missiles, and 188 Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles during the week.

▫️ The Russian Defence Ministry shows Rapira anti-tank gun crew in Kupyansk direction, UAV crews of Airborne Troops, D-30 howitzer crew near Rabotino, Russian unmanned aerial vehicle crews near Belogorovka in action during the special military operation.

▫️Servicemen of AFU assault detachments thought that they'll be able to sneak on Russian positions near Kleshcheyevka, but artillery crews of the Yug Group of Forces eliminated the enemy troops by precise strikes.

▫️ The Pacific Fleet detachment makes a business call to Vietnamese port of Cam Ranh.

🔹 Russian Defence Ministry