Russian Ministry of Defense
Summary of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation on the progress of a special military operation on the territory of Ukraine ️ (02.09.2022)The Kiev regime continues its unsuccessful attempts to gain a foothold in certain areas of the Mykolaiv-Kryvyi Rih direction.
Russian Aerospace Forces aviation, missile forces and artillery cause significant losses to Ukrainian troops ' units and reserves.
In total, the enemy lost 13 tanks, 19 infantry fighting vehicles, 12 other armored combat vehicles, 11 pickups with heavy machine guns and more than 330 servicemen during the day of fighting in this area. Two militants were captured.
Two Ukrainian Su-25 attack aircraft and one MiG-29 fighter jet converted for the use of American HARM anti-radar missiles were shot down near the village of Andreevka, Kherson region.
High-precision weapons of the Russian Aerospace Forces during the day hit: the point of temporary deployment of the 17th tank brigade in the area of the settlement of Bereznegovatoe, as well as hangars with weapons and military equipment of the 46th airmobile brigade in the area of Belaya Krynitsa, Mykolaiv region. More than 40 Ukrainian servicemen and up to 10 pieces of military equipment were destroyed.
In addition, the command staff of the 56th motorized Infantry brigade was destroyed east of the village of Mikhaylovka in the Donetsk People's Republic. As a result of a high-precision strike by the Russian Aerospace Forces on the command post, 18 servicemen were eliminated, including 12 officers, and another 31 servicemen were wounded.
Due to heavy losses, the personnel of the 110th Mechanized Brigade units that occupied positions in the areas of Avdiivka and Opytne settlements of the Donetsk People's Republic refused to perform combat tasks and left their positions.
Concentrated fire strikes on the combat positions of the 60th Infantry Brigade near the settlements of Dobryanka and Novovorontsovka in the Kherson region killed more than 30 and wounded up to 15 nationalists.
Strikes by operational-tactical and army aircraft, rocket troops and artillery against military facilities on the territory of Ukraine continue.
During the day, a platoon of multiple rocket launchers "Alder" was hit in the area of the settlement of Novomaryevka of the Mykolaiv region, eight AFU control points in the areas of Dachnoye of the Kharkiv region, Aleksandrovka, Artemovsk and Konstantinovka of the Donetsk People's Republic, Verkhnyaya Tersa of the Zaporizhia region, Belaya Krynitsa, Velikoe Artakovo and Bashtanka of the Mykolaiv region, as well as 42 artillery units, manpower and Ukrainian military equipment in 134 districts.
Six warehouses of rocket and artillery weapons were destroyed in the areas of the settlements of Kharkiv, Tsirkuny and Andreevka in the Kharkiv region, Seversk, Soledar in the Donetsk People's Republic and Dobroye in the Mykolaiv region. A Buk-M1 anti-aircraft missile launcher was destroyed near the village of Voskresensk in the Donetsk People's Republic.
Russian air defense forces have shot down twelve unmanned aerial vehicles in 24 hours in the areas of Yakovenkovo, Borshchevka, Kharkiv region, Blagodatnoye, Styla and Valerianovka, Donetsk People's Republic, Nesteryanka, Kopani, Zaporizhia region, and Zelyony Gai, Kherson region. A US-made HARM anti-radar missile was shot down near Novy Kakhovka, Kherson region. In addition, 14 projectiles of the American multiple launch rocket system "HIMARS" were intercepted near the settlements of Styla in the Donetsk People's Republic, Kherson, Berislav and Novaya Kakhovka in the Kherson region.
In total , 283 aircraft, 151 helicopters, 1,864 unmanned aerial vehicles, 372 anti-aircraft missile systems, 4,711 tanks and other armored combat vehicles, 823 multiple launch rocket systems, 3,364 field artillery and mortar guns, as well as 5,217 units of special military vehicles have been destroyed since the beginning of the special military operation.
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