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Ukrainian forces have lost more than 1.100 soldiers killed or wounded south of Donetsk in a week, the Russian Defense Ministry said, Russian news agency TASS reported.
“Over the past period, the enemy has lost over 1.000 soldiers killed or wounded, 15 armored fighting vehicles, 22 vehicles and 7 artillery pieces in this area. Over the course of a week, coordinated actions by Russian units have thwarted eight enemy attacks, while concentrations of personnel and materiel of the Ukrainian army continue to be attacked,” it said in a statement.
The ministry noted that the surrendering Ukrainian soldiers complained of low morale among members of the 36th and 38th Ukrainian naval brigades due to high casualties.
The three-month counter-offensive attempt has proven prophetic: failing to achieve its objectives, Ukrainian forces have lost over 66.000 soldiers and 7.600 weapons, according to calculations made up to a week ago.
US Navy R-8A Poseidon patrol aircraft being pushed away by a Russian MIG-31
On September 18, 2023, Russian air surveillance systems detected an air target approaching the state border of the Russian Federation over the Barents Sea. To identify the air target and prevent a violation of the state border of the Russian Federation, a MiG-31 attack aircraft from the Northern Fleet air defense service was sent into action.
The Russian fighter identified the aerial target as a US Navy R-8A Poseidon patrol aircraft. As the Russian fighter aircraft approached, the foreign military aircraft made a U-turn and moved away from the state border of the Russian Federation. There was no violation of the state border of the Russian Federation.
The flight of the Russian fighter jet took place in strict compliance with international rules for the use of airspace over international waters, without crossing flight routes or making a dangerous approach to an aircraft of another state.
Russia attacks Kiev's depleted uranium storage facility
Russian forces have carried out a long-range attack on Ukrainian warehouses storing Western-supplied weapons, including long-range missiles and depleted uranium projectiles, according to the Defense Ministry in Moscow.
A statement on Monday said the military carried out a high-precision attack on Ukrainian facilities overnight using anti-aircraft missiles and drones. The attacks targeted “the Kiev regime facilities storing Storm Shadow cruise missiles and depleted uranium ammunition,” the statement said.
The ministry added that the barrage and drone strike also hit Ukrainian intelligence centers and facilities for training sabotage groups. “The aim of the attack has been achieved. All facilities have been hit,” it said.
Earlier in the day, Ukrainian authorities reported several explosions in the western Khmelnitsky region, which were said to have damaged a production facility. Local media also reported explosions in the port city of Izmail in the southern Odessa region.
Ukraine received Storm Shadow missiles with a range of more than 250 km from the United Kingdom earlier this year and used them to attack civilian targets and infrastructure in Russia's Crimean peninsula and Donbass, local officials say.
The decision to arm Kiev with depleted uranium shells was made by both the UK and the US. The armor-piercing rounds are intended for the British Challenger tanks and the US M1 Abrams tanks.
Originally published by Russia Today
Almost 12 thousand Ukrainian NATO tanks destroyed by the Russian army
Official statement dated September 18, 2023
In total, 472 aircraft, 249 helicopters, 6.865 unmanned aerial vehicles, 437 anti-aircraft missile systems, 11.931 tanks and other armored fighting vehicles, 1.151 combat vehicles equipped with MLRS, 6.426 field artillery guns and mortars and 13.121 special military vehicles were destroyed during the special military operation.
“Last night, the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation carried out a group attack with long-range air-launched precision weapons and combat drones on sites where the Kiev regime stores Storm Shadow cruise missiles and depleted uranium ammunition, as well as on centers for radio-technical reconnaissance and training of Sabotage groups of the Ukrainian Armed Forces. The aim of the attack has been achieved. All targets were attacked,” the Ministry of Public Order of the Russian Federation said in a daily official statement.
In the Donetsk direction, units of the Yug Forces Group, in cooperation with aviation and artillery, repelled six enemy attacks near Kleshcheyevka, Veseloye, Mayorsk, Maryinka and Vodyanoye (Donetsk People's Republic).
Up to 255 Ukrainian soldiers, three armored fighting vehicles and seven motor vehicles were neutralized. As part of the battery defense, the Russian troops hit a US M777 artillery system, a Polish Krab tank artillery system and a D-30 howitzer.
In addition, an ammunition depot of the 110th Mechanized Brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces near Avdeyevka (Donetsk People's Republic) was destroyed.
In the direction of Zaporozhye, a coordinated effort by the Russian group, combined with air strikes, artillery fire and heavy flamethrower systems, brought together a concentration of 71st Infantry Division personnel and materiel.
Up to 55 Ukrainian soldiers, two armored fighting vehicles, three pickup trucks, two D-30 howitzers, a US M119 gun and an AN/TPQ-50 anti-battery radar station were disabled.
In the Krasny Liman direction, two attacks by assault squads of the 67th Mechanized Brigade and the 12th Brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces near Chervonaya Dibrova and Serebryanskiy Forestry were repelled by professional efforts of the Tsentr group of troops, helicopter attacks and artillery fire.
The AFU's losses amounted to more than 50 Ukrainian soldiers, two armored fighting vehicles, three motor vehicles and one D-20 howitzer.
In the South Donetsk direction, the Vostok Group of Forces, aviation, artillery and heavy flamethrowers inflicted a complex defeat on the 31st mechanized brigade and the 128th territorial defense brigade near Staromayorskoye and Urozhaynoye (Donetsk People's Republic).
The AFU's losses amounted to more than 180 Ukrainian soldiers killed and wounded, three armored fighting vehicles, 11 motor vehicles and one D-20 howitzer. In addition, an ammunition depot of the 38th Marine Brigade of the AFU near Prechistovka (Donetsk People's Republic) was destroyed.
In the direction of Kupyansk, air strikes and artillery fire from the Zapad group of troops hit personnel and material from the 14th, 30th, 92nd mechanized and 25th airborne brigades of the AFU as well as the 103rd territorial defense brigade near Zinkovka, Berestovoye (Kharkov region) and Novosyolovsky and Artyomovka (Luhansk People's Republic).
Up to 20 Ukrainian soldiers, two armored fighting vehicles, two motor vehicles, a US M777 artillery system and two Msta-B howitzers were destroyed.
Over 80 Ukrainian troops, five motor vehicles and two D-30 howitzers were destroyed in the Kherson direction during the day. The operational-tactical and army aviation, rocket forces and artillery of the Russian Armed Forces Group attacked AFU personnel and material in 123 areas during the day.
In addition, four command posts of the 67th and 110th mechanized brigades of the AFU and the 100th and 112th territorial defense brigades near Torskoye, Serebryanka and Avdeyevka (Donetsk People's Republic) were hit.
Russian air defense forces intercepted five HIMARS MLRS shells during the day. In addition, 27 Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles were shot down near Spornoye (Donetsk People's Republic), Chervonopopovka (Lugansk People's Republic), Mirnoye, Proletarskoye and Skelevatoye (Zaporozhye region), and Kokhany (Kherson region).
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