❗️Russian MoD briefing on the progress of the special military operation in Ukraine:

▪️The Russian military has eliminated 400 Ukrainian planes since the beginning of special military operation;

▪️The Russian Army eliminated more than 120 Ukrainian servicemen in the Donetsk direction;

▪️The Russian Aerospace Forces shot down a Ukrainian Air Force Su-27 aircraft near Maryinka in DPR;

▪️Ukrainian losses in the Krasny Liman direction amounted to 120 Ukrainian personnel and four pieces of military equipment;

▪️In the South Donetsk and Zaporozhye directions, Russian forces destroyed over 50 Ukrainian servicemen;

▪️Russian missile troops and artillery destroyed a Ukrainian S-300 air defense missile system in the DPR;

▪️Russian troops neutralized 20 Ukrainian servicemen and a Gvozdika self-propelled howitzer in the Kherson direction;

▪️The Russian Army eliminated up to 40 Ukrainian servicemen in the Kupyansk direction;

▪️Russian air defenses intercepted nine HIMARS multiple-launch rocket system projectiles and seven Ukrainian UAVs.

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