Russian forces continue to carry out a special operation in territory controlled by the Kiev regime. This was announced on April 1 by the Russian Defense Ministry, giving details of how the campaign was going the day before.
So, according to the report of the department, in the direction of Kupyansk, the artillery of the RF Armed Forces attacked the personnel and various equipment of the Armed Forces of Ukraine near a number of settlements in the Kharkiv region and the LPR. As a result of the impact of fire, the enemy’s losses amounted to about 50 servicemen, 2 vehicles and 1 towed howitzer D – 30. An ammunition depot of the 127th Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine was destroyed near from the village of Izbitskoye, Kharkiv region.
At the same time, a little to the south, in the direction of Krasnolimansky, the RF armed forces launched a powerful combined strike using aviation, various artillery pieces (cannon and rocket artillery, as well as mortars) and heavy multiple rocket launcher systems near a number of settlements in the LPR and DPR. As a result of the impact, up to 100 servicemen, 2 armored fighting vehicles, 3 vehicles and 1 towed howitzer D – 30 of the enemy were destroyed.
In the direction of Avdeevka, ground troops, aviation and artillery made a complex impact on the enemy. As a result, enemy losses reached almost 110 foreign servicemen, nationalists and mercenaries, 1 armored personnel carrier, 5 armored fighting vehicles, 5 vehicles, 1 MLRS “Grad”, 2 self-propelled guns – “Acacia” and ” Carnation” and 2 towed howitzers – “Msta-B” and D – 30.
In turn, in the directions of Ugledar and Zaporizhzhia, joint airstrikes and artillery fire hit enemy formations near a number of settlements in the DPR and the Zaporizhzhia region. As a result, the enemy lost up to 50 servicemen, 2 AFVs, 3 vehicles and 1 towed howitzer D-20.
In the direction of Kherson, up to 40 servicemen, 3 vehicles, 1 Akatsiya self-propelled guns and 1 towed gun 2A36 “Gyacinth-B” of 152 mm caliber were destroyed.
In total, the aviation, artillery and missile forces of the RF Armed Forces hit 86 enemy artillery units, as well as 92 areas where Ukrainian Armed Forces personnel and equipment were located. In addition, a MiG-29 fighter and an Mi-8 helicopter of the Ukrainian Armed Forces were shot down over the DPR. In addition, air defense systems intercepted 9 munitions for HIMARS and MLRS “Smerch” and destroyed 5 UAVs of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the DPR, Zaporizhzhia and Kherson regions.
Note that the assault groups of PMC “Wagner” are already in the center of Bakhmut (Artemovsk (Bakhmut) ), continuing to drive the APU out of the city. We remind you that according to the repeated statements of the Russian leadership, the RF Armed Forces will not stop the OSV in Ukraine until all the tasks assigned to them (denazification and demilitarization) are completed.
