Report by Press Centre Chief of Zapad Group of Forces (https://t.me/mod_russia/40851)
▫️Units of the Zapad Group of Forces continue to perform tasks in the special military operation zone.
▫️The Group's units continued to advance to the depth of the enemy's defences and inflicted losses on manpower and hardware of the AFU 103th Territorial Defence Brigade and 1st National Guard Brigade near Stelmakhovka and Artyomovka.
▫️In the course of counter-battery warfare, the Group's artillery units eliminated 12 AFU mortar crews. The Lancet loitering munition operator took down one AN/TPQ-36 counter-battery warfare station near Pristen.
▫️Air defence crews wiped out three fixed-wing unmanned aerial vehicles, including Furia, Valkyrie, and Sinitsa.
▫️The AFU losses amounted to more than 495 Ukrainian troops, 32 pieces of weaponry and military hardware, including one T-64 tank, one BMP-1 infantry fighting vehicle, 12 mortars, three armoured fighting vehicles, one counter-battery warfare station, 14 motor vehicles, three ammunition depots, three unmanned aerial vehicles, and seven UAV command and control centres.
Russian Defence Ministry
Most powerful mortar destroys AFU strongholds and bunkers by first shot
The 240-mm Tyulpan mortar crews of the Vostok Group of Forces from Primorye region destroyed the AFU fortified positions and temporary deployment areas in South Donetsk direction.
'The enemy fortified the area, but our mortar is up to the task. Our mortar destroys everything. We fire from forest belts. We camouflage ourselves,' says the mortar crew commander with call sign 'Chita'.
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⚡️ Russian Defence Ministry report on the progress of the special military operation
(9 July 2024)
Part I
▫️Over the past 24 hours, the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation delivered a group strike by precision weaponry at U.S.-made HIMARS MLRS that were prepared to deliver strikes at the territory of Crimea, as well as a place of meeting of the AFU command.
The goal of the strike has been achieved.
▫️Four U.S.-made HIMARS MLRS launchers as well as 35 foreign specialists responsible for its maintenance were eliminated.
▫️Units of the Sever Group of Forces inflicted losses on manpower and hardware of the AFU 57th Motorised Infantry Brigade, 92nd Assault Brigade, 82nd Air Assault Brigade, and 13th National Guard Brigade near Volchansk, Tsirkuny, and Liptsy (Kharkov region).
Nine counter-attacks launched by assault detachments of the AFU 36th Marines Brigade, 17th National Guard Brigade, and Lyut Assault Brigade of the Ukrainian Ministry of Internal Affairs were repelled.
The AFU losses amounted to up to 310 Ukrainian troops, three motor vehicles, two U.S.-made 155-mm M777 howitzers, and one 122-mm D-30 howitzer.
▫️Units of the Zapad Group of Forces took more advantageous lines and inflicted losses on units of the AFU 21st, 63rd, 66th, 115th mechanised brigades, 103rd, and 110th territorial defence brigades near Berestovoye (Kharkov region), Makeyevka, Chervonaya Dibrova (Lugansk People's Republic), and Torskoye (Donetsk People's Republic).
One attack launched by an assault detachment of the AFU 144th Infantry Brigade was repelled.
The AFU losses amounted to up to 420 Ukrainian troops, one tank, and four pickup trucks.
In the course of counter-battery warfare, two Polish-made 155-mm Krab self-propelled artillery systems, one U.S.-made 155-mm M777 howitzer, one U.S.-made 155-mm M198 howitzer, one 122-mm Gvozdika self-propelled artillery system, three 122-mm D-30 howitzers, one Anklav-N electronic warfare station, and four field ammunition depots were destroyed.
▫️Units of the Yug Group of Forces improved the tactical situation along the front lines and inflicted losses on manpower and hardware of the AFU 54th, 72nd, 93rd mechanised brigades, 56th Motorised Infantry Brigade, 10th Mountain Assault Brigade, 46th Airmobile Brigade, and 79th Air Assault Brigade near Spornoye, Grigorovka, Kurdyumovka, Maksimilianovka, Katerinovka, and Ostrovskoye (Donetsk People's Republic).
One counter-attack launched by an assault detachment of the AFU 214th OPFOR Separate Battalion was repelled.
The AFU losses amounted to up to 770 Ukrainian troops, one tank, one U.S.-made M113 armoured personnel carrier, one U.S.-made Humvee armoured fighting vehicle, and 14 motor vehicles.
In the course of counter-battery warfare, one UK-made 155-mm Braveheart self-propelled artillery system, two UK-made 155-mm FH-70 howitzers, one U.S.-made 155-mm M777 howitzer, two 152-mm D-20 howitzers, one 152-mm Msta-B howitzer, one 122-mm D-30 howitzer, one 120-mm Nona self-propelled artillery system, one U.S.-made 105-mm howitzer, and one UK-made 105-mm L119 howitzer were destroyed.
One Nota electronic warfare station and five field ammunition depots were destroyed.
▫️As a result of active actions, units of the Tsentr Group of Forces liberated Yasnobrodovka (Donetsk People's Republic) and improved the tactical situation.
Losses were inflicted on formations of the AFU 31st, 32nd, 110th mechanised brigades, 59th Motorised Infantry Brigade, and 132nd Reconnaissance Battalion near Krasnoarmeysk, Mirolyubovka, Timofeyevka, Vodyanoye Vtoroye, and Toretsk (Donetsk People's Republic).
Five counter-attacks launched by assault detachments of the AFU 41st, 47th mechanised brigades, 68th Jaeger Brigade, and 95th Air Assault Brigade were repelled.
The AFU losses amounted to more than 420 Ukrainian troops, one armoured fighting vehicle, four motor vehicles, two 122-mm D-30 howitzers, and one 100-mm Rapira anti-tank gun.
Russian Defence Ministry
⚡️ Russian Defence Ministry report on the progress of the special military operation
(9 July 2024)
Part II
▫️Units of the Vostok Group of Forces took more advantageous lines and inflicted losses on manpower and hardware of the AFU 48th Assault Brigade, 123rd, and 128th territorial defence brigades near Makarovka, Prechistovka, Storozhevoye, Velikaya Novosyolka (Donetsk People's Republic), and Charivnoye (Zaporozhye region).
Three attacks launched by assault detachments of the AFU 58th Motorised Infantry Brigade and 108th Territorial Defence Brigade were repelled.
The AFU losses amounted to up to 150 Ukrainian troops, three armoured fighting vehicles, including one U.S.-made M113 armoured personnel carrier, seven motor vehicles, one U.S.-made 155-mm M198 howitzer, and three field ammunition depots.
▫️Units of the Dnepr Group of Forces inflicted losses on manpower and hardware of the AFU 65th Mechanised Brigade, 35th, 37th marines brigades, 125th, and 126th territorial defence brigade near Novopokrovka (Zaporozhye region), Antonovka, Tokaryovka, and Tyaginka (Kherson region).
The AFU losses amounted to up to 90 Ukrainian troops, five motor vehicles, one U.S.-made 155-mm Paladin self-propelled artillery system, one U.S.-made 155-mm M777 howitzer, and one 152-mm Msta-B howitzer.
One field ammunition depot and two electronic warfare stations, namely, Polonez and Anklav-N, were destroyed.
▫️Operational-Tactical Aviation, unmanned aerial vehicles, and Missile Troops and Artillery of the Russian Groups of Forces have located and eliminated one low-altitude surveillance radar and two S-300PS SAM launchers.
▫️Moreover, one workshop and one depot of attack UAVs were destroyed, as well as enemy manpower and hardware engaged in 132 areas.
▫️Air defence units shot down 97 unmanned aerial vehicles and eight U.S.-made HIMARS MLRS projectiles.
In total, 626 airplanes and 277 helicopters, 27,441 unmanned aerial vehicles, 542 air defence missile systems, 16,536 tanks and other armoured fighting vehicles, 1,373 combat vehicles equipped with MLRS, 11,618 field artillery guns and mortars, as well as 23,490 units of special military equipment have been destroyed during the special military operation.
Russian Defence Ministry
✈️ Ground-Attack Aviation crews on Su-25 aircraft deliver a strike by unguided air-to-surface missiles at enemy stronghold and manpower in area of Vostok Group of Forces responsibility.
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Destruction of two out of four U.S.-made M142 HIMARS MLRS over past 24 hours
The Iskander operational-tactical missile system crew of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation delivered a strike at a position of the U.S-made HIMARS MLRS near Novopetrovka in Kherson region. As a result of the strike, two HIMARS MLRS, two escort vehicles, and up to 20 Ukrainian troops were eliminated.
Two more HIMARS MLRS were destroyed in Zaporozhye region.
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During the engineering reconnaissance in a settlement near Avdeyevka, a laboratory with chemical equipment was detected in an industrial zone on the ground floor of the destroyed building in one of the locations near Avdeyevka (https://t.me/mod_russia_en/14936). A mobile diagnostic team of Nuclear, Chemical, and Biological Protection Troops of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation was sent to inspect the premises and conduct a rapid analysis.
They found a semi-industrial rotary evaporator, a filtering exhaust system, chemical reactors, carbon dioxide bottles, and shelving systems with laboratory dishes and reagents in the laboratory. In addition, personal protective kits – gas masks, including those manufactured in the United States, and skin protections (a Polish-made protective suit), were detected.
Analysis of the containers showed the presence of sulphuric acid and sodium cyanide suggesting the use of found equipment for the production of toxic substances. Afterwards, wipe sampling from the laboratory equipment and exhaust system was made in accordance with the requirements of the OPCW and delivered to the chemical analytical laboratory of the Russian Defence Ministry for in-depth analysis.
In an analysis, the 27th Laboratory of the Scientific Centre for Nuclear, Chemical, and Biological Protection troops, accredited by the OPCW, detected the presence in the laboratory conditions of sodium cyanide, sulfur acid, and trace amounts of cyanide anions. The presence of these chemicals clearly indicates that the laboratory found was producing toxic systemic agents.
The capacity of the laboratory unit is at least 3 kg/day It is maintained by staff of 2–3 people. I would like to stress that the lethal inhalation dose for this group of toxic substances is very low, and is only 70–80 mg per human.
Under the Chemical Weapons Convention, this group's substance, prussic acid, is in the Schedule 3 of the CWC, and its use is prohibited under Article 1 of the Convention.
This compound is a colourless volatile liquid with the smell of bitter almonds. When inhaled, it causes dizziness, vomiting, convulsions, respiratory paralysis, and death.
During the special military operation, there have been many confirmed cases of the AFU using improvised munitions dropped from UAVs filled with the aforementioned substance.
Russian Defence Ministry
️ He was on his way home, but found himself at the frontline
Vyacheslav Zadorin, a 38-year-old serviceman of the AFU 57th Separate Motorised Infantry Brigade, was forcibly mobilised by enlistment office employees when he was returning home after his shift.
According to the POW's words, they had only six training sessions at the firing range. After accelerated training, Zadorin was sent to the Kharkov direction among other similarly mobilised men.
During another intensive artillery preparation of the Russian Armed Forces, he and other mobilised men took refuge in a dugout to escape from artillery, drones and mortars. A few minutes later, Russian attack aircraft, which had surrounded the dugout, offered the Ukrainian soldiers to surrender. The AFU soldiers made the only right decision - to surrender as prisoners.
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▫️Over the past 24 hours, the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation delivered (https://t.me/mod_russia_en/14947) a group strike by precision weaponry at U.S.-made HIMARS MLRS that were prepared to deliver strikes at the territory of Crimea, as well as a place of meeting of the AFU command. The goal of the strike has been achieved.
▫️As a result of active actions, units of the Tsentr Group of Forces liberated (https://t.me/mod_russia_en/14947) Yasnobrodovka (Donetsk People's Republic) and improved the tactical situation.
▫️The laboratory with chemical equipment was detected (https://t.me/mod_russia_en/14951) in an industrial zone on the ground floor of the destroyed building in one of the locations near Avdeyevka.
▫️ The Russian Defence Ministry shows Tyulpan (https://t.me/mod_russia_en/14945) mortar crews, operators of Torn (https://t.me/mod_russia_en/14946) communications reconnaissance system, Su-25 (https://t.me/mod_russia_en/14949) crews, logistics specialists, (https://t.me/mod_russia_en/14953) EOD specialists, (https://t.me/mod_russia_en/14962) Crimean paratroopers, (https://t.me/mod_russia_en/14961) Zala (https://t.me/mod_russia_en/14964) reconnaissance UAV crew in action within the special military operation, as well as footage of convoy (https://t.me/mod_russia_en/14942) of AFU military hardware and HIMARS MLRS (https://t.me/mod_russia_en/14950) destroyed by the Iskander operational-tactical missile systems in Sumy and Kherson regions respectively.
▫️ Russian military ensures (https://t.me/mod_russia_en/14952) safe rotation of IAEA mission observers at Zaporozhye Nuclear Power Plant.
▫️Vyacheslav Zadorin, a 38-year-old serviceman of the AFU 57th Separate Motorised Infantry Brigade, was forcibly mobilised (https://t.me/mod_russia_en/14963) by enlistment office employees when he was returning home after his shift.
▫️Deputy Chief of General Staff of the Russian Armed Forces Colonel General Sergei Istrakov holds (https://t.me/mod_russia_en/14954) a meeting with General Sahir Shamshad Mirza, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan.
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