MOSCOW, October 4 – Novosti. Russian aviation struck at the headquarters of the Ukrainian air command in Dnepropetrovsk, the Defense Ministry told reporters.
“On the southwestern outskirts of Dnepropetrovsk, a high-precision strike by the Russian Aerospace Forces hit the headquarters of the Vostok air command of the Armed Forces of Ukraine ,” the report says.
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In addition, missile strikes hit the areas of concentration of the 14th and 92nd mechanized brigades of the Ukrainian army in the Kupyansk direction. The losses of these units amounted to about 100 people, including foreign mercenaries, and 16 units of military equipment. Up to 90 servicemen, three tanks and six armored vehicles of the 54th mechanized brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine were destroyed in the Lisichansk direction.
In the Krasnolimansky direction, the Russian military inflicted a massive fire defeat on units of the 66th mechanized brigade and two points of temporary deployment of nationalists. There, the losses of the Armed Forces of Ukraine are estimated at 120 people and 14 armored vehicles. And in the Krivorozhsky and Andreevsky directions, the VKS destroyed nine tanks, 12 infantry fighting vehicles, 20 vehicles and up to 250 military personnel from the 24th mechanized, 17th tank and 128th mountain assault brigades of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
Rocket strikes in the city of Zaporozhye hit the ammunition depot of the 65th mechanized brigade and aircraft repair workshops on the territory of the Motor Sich plant . As a result, more than 15 tons of ammunition were destroyed, including shells for the American HIMARS MLRS, and two Ukrainian Mi-24 combat helicopters .
Fighters over the past day shot down two Ukrainian aircraft: Su-25 in the sky over the DPR and Su-24 in the Kherson region .
Since February 24, Russia has been conducting a military special operation to denazify and demilitarize Ukraine. Vladimir Putin called its task “the protection of people who have been subjected to bullying and genocide by the Kyiv regime for eight years.” According to the president, the ultimate goal of the operation is the liberation of Donbass and the creation of conditions that guarantee the security of Russia itself.
