MOSCOW, January 5. /TASS/. Russian forces have delivered strikes on Ukrainian military airfield infrastructure, personnel and hardware over the past 24 hours, the Russian Defense Ministry said.
According to the military agency, the strikes have been carried out in 137 districts.
Russia’s battlegroups North, Dnepr
Ukrainian forces have lost up to 120 personnel and a munitions depot over 24 hours as a result of actions by Russia’s battlegroups North and Dnepr, the Russian Defense Ministry said.
It added that in the responsibility zone of Battlegroup North, the adversary lost a 152mm D-20 field gun and two 122mm D-30 howitzers.
In the responsibility zone of Battlegroup Dnepr, the enemy lost a US-made M113 armored personnel carrier, eight motor vehicles, a 152mm Msta-B howitzer and a 152mm D-20 field gun.
Battlegroup East
The Ukrainian armed forces have lost up to 150 troops and three artillery guns in the responsibility zone of Russia’s Battlegroup East, the Russian Defense Ministry said.
The military agency added that Ukrainian losses also included a US-made MaxxPro armored fighting vehicle, four motor vehicles, a Polish-made 155mm Krab self-propelled artillery system, a 152mm D-20 field gun and a 122mm D-30 howitzer.
Battlegroup South
The Ukrainian armed forces have lost up to 230 personnel over 24 hours as a result of actions by Russia’s Battlegroup South, the Russian Defense Ministry said.
The military agency added that Russian units improved their positions and two counterattacks by the enemy’s assault groups were repulsed.
Air defense systems
Russian air defense systems have taken down 174 Ukrainian fixed-wing unmanned aerial vehicles over 24 hours, the Russian Defense Ministry said.
The military agency added that the air defenses have also shot down three French-made Hammer bombs and a US-made HIMARS rocket.
Battlegroup Center
The Ukrainian armed forces have lost more than 410 troops and two Leopard tanks in the responsibility zone of Russia’s Battlegroup Center, the Russian Defense Ministry said.
The military agency added that Ukrainian losses included an infantry fighting vehicle, three armored personnel carriers, three pickup trucks, a howitzer, two field guns and a self-propelled artillery system.
Battlegroup West
The Ukrainian armed forces have lost up to 450 personnel over 24 hours in the responsibility zone of Russia’s Battlegroup West, the Russian Defense Ministry said.
The military agency added that Ukrainian losses included two infantry fighting vehicles, an armored combat vehicle, 10 pickup trucks, five 122mm howitzers, four field guns, a US-made Bradley infantry fighting vehicle and an M113 armored personnel carrier, as well as an electronic warfare station.