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

(29 July 2023)

Part II (Part I)

▫️In Kupyansk direction, the assault detachments of the Zapad Group of Forces continued offensive operations close to Kuzyomovka (Lugansk People's Republic) and took more favourable positions.

▫️As a result of actions by Army Aviation and artillery, AFU units have been hit close to Sinkovka, Timkovka, Berestovoye (Kharkov region), Stelmakhovka (Lugansk People's Republic).

▫️The enemy losses were up to 20 Ukrainian servicemen, 3 motor vehicles and 1 D-20 howitzer.

▫️In addition, 1 ammunition depot of the AFU 43rd Mechanised Brigade has been destroyed near Druzhelyubovka (Kharkov region).

▫️In Kherson direction, the enemy losses were up to 20 Ukrainian servicemen, 2 motor vehicles, and 1 D-30 howitzer.

▫️Operational-Tactical and Army aviation, Missile Troops and Artillery of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation have neutralised 97 AFU artillery units at their firing positions, manpower and hardware in 103 areas.

▫️In addition, 1 fuel depot of the Ukrainian grouping of troops 'Zaporozhye' has been destroyed close to Zaporozhye.

▫️1 command post of the AFU 47th Mechanised Brigade has been hit near Orekhov (Zaporozhye region).

▫️Air defence facilities have intercepted 2 S-200 surface-to-air missiles upgraded to attack ground targets, 7 Storm Shadow cruise missiles and 2 HIMARS multiple-launch rocket system projectiles.

▫️In addition, 6 Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles have been destroyed close to Verkhnekamenka (Lugansk People's Republic), Spornoye, Pervomayskoye, and Maryinka (Donetsk People's Republic), as well as Marfopol (Zaporozhye region).

📊In total, 457 airplanes, 244 helicopters, 5,314 unmanned aerial vehicles, 427 air defence missile systems, 11,021 tanks and other armoured fighting vehicles, 1,140 fighting vehicles equipped with MLRS, 5,652 field artillery cannons and mortars, as well as 11,951 special military motor vehicles have been destroyed during the special military operation.

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

(29 July 2023)

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Report by Press Centre Chief of Yug Group of Forces

▫️ The Group's bombardment artillery destroyed an anti-tank grenade launcher position in Ivano-Daryevka, two ammunition depots of the AfFU and a U.S.-manufactured M113 armoured personnel carrier near Krasnoye. As part of counter-battery, artillery hit one Polish-manufactured Krab 155mm self-propelled howitzer near Predtechino.

▫️ A Solntsepek crew heavy flamethrower system inflicted a fire attack on manpower concentration areas of the enemy 14th Mechanised Brigade close to Maloilyinovka.

▫️ Special purpose units of the Southern Military District uncovered and subsequently destroyed by artillery and tank fire a dugout with a group of enemy infantry near Kamenka, an enemy mortar unit near Maryinka and a group of infantry close to Belogorovka. The Group's special purpose servicemen also hit an enemy IFV with a Kornet anti-tank missile system close to Kleshcheevka.

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Airborne Troops’ artillerymen destroy AFU manpower and hardware on right bank of Dnepr

The Nona-S 120mm self-propelled guns of Novorossiysk Guards Mountain Air Assault Division is carrying out daily combat operations to destroy Ukrainian nationalists' manpower and hardware that are redeploying and rotating on the right bank of the Dnepr.

▫️ According to intelligence reports, AFU units were redeploying forces and means along the coastal roads. Having received an order to obstruct the enemy movement, the crews of the Nona-S self-propelled guns carried out direct and semi-direct fire, inflicting a fire defeat on the enemy.

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Report by Press Centre Chief of Zapad Group of Forces

▫️ In the course of combat operations in Kupyansk direction, the enemy launched a missile strike with two long-range HIMARS MLRS missiles against the positions of our troops. The missiles were destroyed by the Buk SAM system and the S-300 SAM system of the Zapad Group of Forced near Kovalyovka and Goncharovka.

▫️ In the defence line of the 1st Tank Army, the enemy from the 32nd Separate Mechanised Brigade attempted to transfer reserves to forward positions near Novosyolovskoye. The Group’s artillery inflicted a fire damage to the AFU troops. The enemy losses were up to a section of manpower and an M113 APC.

▫️ In addition, two vehicles with ammunition were destroyed by D-30 howitzers near Stelmakhovka, and an enemy MT-LB was destroyed by T-80 tanks close to Lozovaya.

▫️ In the course of counter-battery warfare, the Group’s artillery destroyed a 2C1 Gvozdika self-propelled artillery system close to of Kondrashovka.

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Report by Press Centre Chief of Tsentr Group of Forces

▫️ As a result of active actions by artillery of the Tsentr Group of Forces , an infantry fighting vehicle, two armoured vehicles, three pickup trucks and more than 150 militants were destroyed, and 10 servicemen surrendered as prisoners of war. In just under a month, more than 40 nationalists surrendered. A tank, two Msta-B howitzers and a D-20 gun were hit as part of the counter-battery warfare.

▫️ Air defence facilities shot down two unmanned aerial vehicles and one HIMARS MLRS projectile.

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▫️In Krasny Liman direction, as a result of the advance of assault detachments of the 42nd and 43rd mechanised brigades of the AFU, which was revealed by the reconnaissance of the Tsentr Group of Forces, the AFU troops were preemptively hit. Two enemy attacks have been repelled.

▫️In addition, 1 fuel depot of the Ukrainian grouping of troops 'Zaporozhye' has been destroyed close to Zaporozhye.

▫️1 command post of the AFU 47th Mechanised Brigade has been hit.

▫️ Press centre chiefs of Zapad, Vostok, Tsentr, Dnepr and Yug groups of forces make statements on current situation in the areas of responsibility.

▫️The Russian Defence Ministry shows Nona-S self-propelled gun in action within the special military operation.

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⚡️ On the morning of 30 July, an attempt by the Kiev regime to launch a terrorist attack by unmanned aerial vehicles against facilities in Moscow was foiled.

▫️ One Ukrainian UAV was destroyed in the air by air defence means over the territory of Odintsovo district of Moscow region.

▫️ Two more drones were suppressed by electronic warfare means and, having lost control, crashed on the territory of the complex of non-residential buildings close to Moscow City.

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⚡️ Last night, an attempt by the Kiev regime to carry out a terrorist attack by twenty five aircraft type unmanned aerial vehicles against facilities on the territory of the Crimean peninsula was foiled.

▫️ Sixteen Ukrainian UAVs were destroyed by air defence means.

▫️ Another nine Ukrainian drones were suppressed by means of electronic warfare and, having failed to reach their target, the UAVs crashed in the waters of the Black Sea near Cape Tarkhankut.

▫️ There were no casualties or damage as a result of the foiled terrorist attack.

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

(30 July 2023)

Part I (Part II)

▫️The AFU continued unsuccessful attempts at offensive actions in South Donetsk, Krasny Liman and Donetsk directions.

▫️In Donetsk direction, as a result of aviation, artillery, and units of the Yug Group of Forces, 7 enemy attacks have been successfully repelled close to Kleshcheevka, Andreevka and Krasnogorovka (Donetsk People's Republic).

▫️In addition, the AFU units have been hit near Druzhba, Berdychi, Kleshcheevka, Avdeevka, Krasnoye and Pobeda (Donetsk People's Republic).

▫️1 ammunition depot of the AFU 124th Territorial Defence Brigade has been destroyed near Dzerzhinsk (Donetsk People's Republic).

▫️The enemy losses were up to 190 Ukrainian servicemen, 2 armoured fighting vehicles, 4 motor vehicles, 2 U.S.-manufactured M777 artillery systems, as well as Msta-B and D-20 howitzers.

▫️In South Donetsk and Zaporozhye directions, units of the Vostok Group of Forces, in cooperation with aviation and artillery, repelled 1 enemy attack close to Uspenovka (Zaporozhye region).

▫️As a result of a complex fire attack, AFU manpower and hardware concentration areas have been hit close to Zherebyanki, Novodanilovka, Veseloye and north of Rabotino (Zaporozhye region).

▫️In addition, the actions of one Ukrainian sabotage and reconnaissance group have been disrupted close to Charivnoye (Zaporozhye region).

▫️The enemy losses were up to 250 Ukrainian servicemen, 1 tank, 3 armoured fighting vehicles, 4 motor vehicles, as well as howitzers: Msta-B and D-20.

▫️In Krasny Liman direction, as a result of actions by aviation, artillery, and units of the Tsentr Group of Forces, 3 enemy attacks have been successfully repelled close to Kovalyovka (Lugansk People's Republic), as well as near Serebryansky forestry.

▫️In addition, enemy manpower and hardware concentration areas have been hit close to Torskoye, Serebryanka, Grigorovka (Donetsk People's Republic), Chervonaya Dibrova, Nevskoye, and west of Novovodyanoye (Lugansk People's Republic).

▫️The enemy losses were up to 140 Ukrainian servicemen, 2 armoured fighting vehicles, 3 motor vehicles, as well as 1 D-30 howitzer.

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

(30 July 2023)

Part II (Part I)

▫️In Kupyansk direction, assault detachments of the Zapad Group of Forces continued offensive operations forward Novosyolovskoye (Lugansk People's Republic) and advanced 300 metres into the depth of the enemy defence.

▫️In addition, AFU units have been hit near Timkovka, Peschanoye, Olshana, and Novomlynsk (Kharkov region), and Stelmakhovka, Novosyolovskoye and Artyomovka (Lugansk People's Republic).

▫️1 ammunition depot of the AFU 125th Brigade of the Territorial Defence of Ukraine has been destroyed near Izbitskoye (Kharkov region).

▫️The enemy losses were up to 80 Ukrainian servicemen, 4 motor vehicles, as well as 1 Gvozdika self-propelled artillery system and 1 D-30 howitzer.

▫️In Kherson direction, the enemy losses were up to 65 Ukrainian servicemen and 5 motor vehicles.

▫️Operational-Tactical and Army aviation, Missile Troops and Artillery of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation have neutralised 102 AFU artillery units at their firing positions, manpower and hardware in 108 areas.

▫️In addition, a retraining centre and a storage, maintenance and repair point of AFU drones have been destroyed near Mogilyovka (Dnepropetrovsk region).

▫️1 command post of the 100th Territorial Defence Brigade has been hit close to Yampol (Donetsk People's Republic).

▫️Fighter Aviation of the Russian Aerospace Forces has shot down 1 Mi-8 helicopter of Ukrainian Air Force near Vozdvizhenka (Donetsk People's Republic).

▫️Air defence facilities have shot down 44 Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles close to Tavolzhanka (Kharkov region), Zaliman, Rubezhnoye, Kremennaya, Raigorodka (Lugansk People's Republic), Sladkoye, Staromikhailovka (Donetsk People's Republic), Shevchenkovo, Dolinka, Trudovoye, Novopokrovka, Mirnoye (Zaporozhye region), Staraya Zburyevka and Novaya Kakhovka (Kherson region).

📊In total, 457 airplanes, 245 helicopters, 5,358 unmanned aerial vehicles, 427 air defence missile systems, 11,029 tanks and other armoured fighting vehicles, 1,140 fighting vehicles equipped with MLRS, 5,661 field artillery cannons and mortars, as well as 11,971 special military motor vehicles have been destroyed during the special military operation.

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Report by Press Centre Chief of Zapad Group of Forces

▫️ During combat operations in Kupyansk direction, crews of Ka-52 and Mi-35 attack helicopters, and Su-25 attack aircraft of the Zapad Group of Forces conducted nine air strikes against enemy manpower and firepower concentration areas of the 14th Separate Mechanised Brigade and Territorial Defence units.

▫️ In the defence line of the 1st Tank Army, the enemy by the troops of the 32nd Separate Mechanised Brigade made another attempt to transfer reserves to forward positions near Novosyolovskoye. The Group's artillery inflicted a fire damage, as a result of which the enemy was forced to withdraw forward Stelmakhovka. The enemy losses were up to a section of manpower and an M113 APC.

▫️ During offensive operations in Kuzyomovka direction, assault groups of the motorised rifle regiment of the Baltic Fleet seized two enemy strongholds, two observation posts and three dugouts close to Novosyolovskoye.

▫️ In addition, in the course of counter-battery warfare, the Group's artillery destroyed two enemy mortar crews near Rozovka and Stelmakhovka.

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🐊 ‘Alligator’ works in Zaporozhye direction

A crew of the Ka-52 ‘Alligator’ reconnaissance and attack helicopter, having detected an enemy IFV advance and struck the target with a guided missile.

💥 The target was completely destroyed by a direct hit.

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Giatsint-B howitzer hit moving AFU tank with direct hit

📍 Avdeevka direction

▫️ At one section of the front line, artillery forward obersevers from the Southern Military District detected the movement of a tank along a forest belt. The coordinates of the target were immediately transmitted to the crews of the Giatsint-B 152mm howitzer. The tank was successfully destroyed.

👍 for accuracy to Russian artillerymen!

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Report by Press Centre Chief of Vostok Group of Forces

▫️ In South Donetsk direction, the advanced units of the Vostok Group of Forces, supported by artillery, repelled an enemy attack close to Urozhaynoye. The enemy suffered losses and retreated.

▫️ An attack by two assault groups and one infantry group of the AFU forward Staromayorskoye was repelled. In the course of the battle and fire damage to the enemy, one nationalist was taken prisoner, the rest of the surviving militants retreated.

▫️ In Zaporozhye direction, the enemy continues attempts to attack forward Rabotino. The nationalists tried to attack with the forces of two motorised infantry platoons. After inflicting a fire defeat, having suffered casualties in manpower, the enemy gave up offensive actions.

▫️ Two enemy sabotage and reconnaissance groups were uncovered by aerial reconnaissance and destroyed by artillery close to Charivnoye and Gulyai Pole.

▫️ Artillery struck a cluster of enemy hardware close to Malye Shcherbaki. Two enemy tanks were destroyed.

▫️ An AFU infantry fighting vehicle was destroyed by a UAV strike close to Malaya Tokmachka.

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Footage of destruction of AFU armoured vehicles in South Donetsk direction

💥 A Ka-52 helicopter crew destroyed an enemy IFV firing at the positions of Russian servicemen with a precise strike of a guided missile.

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