MOSCOW, November 28. /TASS/. Russian forces destroyed a Ukrainian combat drone training center and three radar stations over the past day in the special military operation in Ukraine, Russia’s Defense Ministry reported on Tuesday.
"The strikes destroyed the Ukrainian army’s center for the training and combat use of unmanned aerial vehicles, an aviation fuel storage facility and three aerial target detection and tracking radars - two P-18s and one ST-68," the ministry said in a statement.
Russian forces repulse four Ukrainian attacks in Kupyansk area over past day
Russian forces repulsed four Ukrainian army attacks in the Kupyansk area over the past day, the ministry reported.
"In the Kupyansk direction, units of the western battlegroup conducted active operations with the support of aircraft and artillery fire and repulsed four attacks by assault groups of the Ukrainian army’s 57th mechanized brigade near the settlement of Sinkovka in the Kharkov Region. The enemy’s losses amounted to 30 personnel and a D-20 howitzer," the ministry said.
Russian forces eliminate 40 Ukrainian troops in Krasny Liman area over past day
Russian forces inflicted damage on Ukrainian army personnel and military hardware in the Krasny Liman area, eliminating roughly 40 enemy troops over the past day, the ministry reported.
"In the Krasny Liman direction, army aircraft strikes and artillery fire by the battlegroup Center inflicted damage on amassed enemy personnel and equipment in areas near the settlements of Torskoye and Grigorovka in the Donetsk People’s Republic," the ministry said.
The enemy’s losses in the Krasny Liman direction over the past 24 hours amounted to "40 personnel and two pickup trucks," it specified.
Russian forces destroy 135 Ukrainian troops in Donetsk area over past day
Russian forces repulsed three Ukrainian army attacks in the Donetsk area, destroying roughly 135 enemy troops over the past day, the ministry reported.
"Three attacks were successfully repulsed and damage was inflicted on the Ukrainian army’s manpower and equipment in areas near the settlements of Chasov Yar, Kleshcheyevka and Georgiyevka in the Donetsk People’s Republic. In all, the enemy lost as many as 135 personnel and three pickup trucks in that direction," the ministry said.
Units of Russia’s southern battlegroup supported by aircraft and artillery fire gained more advantageous frontiers and positions near Artyomovsk, it said.
Russian forces eliminate 75 Ukrainian troops in south Donetsk area over past day
Russian forces eliminated roughly 75 Ukrainian troops in the south Donetsk area over the past day, the ministry reported.
"In the south Donetsk direction, units of the battlegroup East acting in interaction with army aircraft and artillery inflicted damage by firepower on the personnel and equipment of the Ukrainian army’s 58th motorized infantry, 72nd mechanized and 128th territorial defense brigades in areas near the settlements of Novomikhailovka, Ugledar and Urozhainoye in the Donetsk People’s Republic. The enemy’s losses amounted to 75 personnel and two motor vehicles," the ministry said.
Russian forces repel Ukrainian attack in Zaporozhye area over past day
Russian forces repelled a Ukrainian army attack and inflicted damage on two enemy brigades in the Zaporozhye area over the past day, the ministry reported.
"In the Zaporozhye direction, units of the Russian battlegroup repelled an attack by an enemy assault group near the settlement of Novopokrovka in the Zaporozhye Region. Air strikes inflicted damage on the personnel and equipment of the Ukrainian army’s 65th and 118th mechanized brigades near the settlements of Rabotino and Malaya Tokmachka in the Zaporozhye Region," the ministry said.
The enemy’s losses in the Zaporozhye direction over the past 24 hours amounted to 65 personnel and two US-made M113 armored personnel carriers, it said.
Kiev loses 40 troops in Kherson area over past day
Russian forces inflicted damage on Ukrainian army units in the Kherson area, killing and wounding roughly 40 enemy troops and destroying an artillery gun over the past day, the ministry reported.
"In the Kherson direction, the enemy’s losses totaled as many as 40 personnel killed and wounded, five motor vehicles and a Gvozdika motorized artillery system," the ministry said.
Russian air defenses destroy two US-made HIMARS rockets, six Ukrainian UAVs in past day
Russian air defense forces intercepted two rockets of the US-made HIMARS multiple launch rocket system and destroyed six Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) over the past day, the ministry reported.
"Air defense capabilities intercepted two rockets of the HIMARS multiple launch rocket system. In addition, they destroyed six Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles in areas near the settlements of Fedoseyevka and Shipilovka in the Lugansk People’s Republic, Vladimirovka in the Donetsk People’s Republic, Komsomolskoye in the Zaporozhye Region and Golaya Pristan in the Kherson Region," the ministry said.
During the last 24-hour period, operational/tactical and army aircraft, unmanned aerial vehicles, missile troops and artillery of the Russian groupings of forces inflicted damage on the Ukrainian army’s manpower and military hardware in 103 areas, the ministry reported.
In all, the Russian Armed Forces have destroyed 542 Ukrainian warplanes, 255 helicopters, 9,263 unmanned aerial vehicles, 442 surface-to-air missile systems, 13,659 tanks and other armored combat vehicles, 1,185 multiple rocket launchers, 7,194 field artillery guns and mortars and 15,698 special military motor vehicles since the start of the special military operation in Ukraine, the ministry reported.