GENICHESK, September 5. /TASS/. Units of Russia’s Battlegroup Dnepr have eliminated a territorial defense brigade command post and a boat of Ukraine’s armed forces in the Kherson Region over 24 hours, a regional emergency official told reporters.

"By delivering a strike in the Kherson area, units of Battlegroup Dnepr wiped out a boat and five Ukrainian militants, and a command post of a territorial defense brigade," he said, adding that 11 Ukrainian troops were eliminated, six were wounded and two vehicles were permanently damaged.

In the island zone, a 120mm mortar, its crew and munition package were eliminated, and in the Kakhovka area, a Ukrainian temporary deployment site was hit with 15 troops wiped out, nine wounded and three vehicles permanently damaged.

He added that "last night, in the vicinity of the village of Veletenskoye, Battlegroup Dnepr operatives discovered an enemy position using a drone and transmitted its coordinates to artillery which was followed by a surgical strike." "As a result, a Ukrainian 2B11 120mm mortar and its crew and munition package were eliminated," the emergency official added.