Russian special military operation in Ukraine #23

Report of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation on the progress of the special military operation on the territory of Ukraine - as of September 8, 2022

In the Nikolaev-Kryvyi Rih direction, due to heavy losses in the units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, which formed the basis of the strike force, no offensive operations were carried out by Ukrainian troops.

The Russian Aerospace Forces, missile troops and artillery continue to deliver precision strikes on units and reserves of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in this direction.

The command posts of the 63rd mechanized brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the area of ​​BEREZNEGOVATOE of the Nikolaev region, the manpower and military equipment of the 46th airmobile, 57th motorized infantry and 28th mechanized brigades of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the areas of the settlements of DRY STAVOK, PETROVSKOE, the tract Plotnitskoye of the Kherson region were hit , MURAKHOVKA and THORNY PODS of the Nikolaev region. In the MURAKHOVKA area of ​​the Nikolaev region, an ammunition depot was destroyed.

Fighter aircraft of the Russian Aerospace Forces shot down a Su-25 of the Ukrainian Air Force in the area of ​​​​KONSTANTINOVKA, Mykolaiv region.

As a result of heavy losses from concentrated fire strikes of the Russian Armed Forces on the positions of the 59th motorized infantry brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the areas of the settlements of UKRAINKA, ZELENY GAY and NOVOGRIHORIEVKA of the Nikolaev region, Ukrainian servicemen refused to carry out combat missions and began an unauthorized retreat to the rear areas.

In total, in the Nikolaev-Krivoy Rog direction, the enemy lost 2 tanks, 6 infantry fighting vehicles and 5 other armored vehicles, 7 pickup trucks with heavy machine guns and more than 190 military personnel per day.

High-precision strikes of the Russian Aerospace Forces defeated the points of temporary deployment of units of the 95th Airborne Assault Brigade in the SLAVYANSK region and the 81st Airborne Brigade in the KRAMATORSK region of the Donetsk People's Republic. Up to 120 Ukrainian servicemen, 15 units of armored and motor vehicles were destroyed.

The strikes by operational-tactical and army aviation, missile forces and artillery on military facilities on the territory of Ukraine continue.

Five command posts of the Armed Forces of Ukraine were hit during the day, including the 72nd mechanized, 58th and 53rd motorized infantry brigades in the areas of the settlements of DZERZHINSK, SOLEDAR and ARTYOMOVSK of the Donetsk People's Republic, the 1st tank brigade in the area of ​​​​the settlement of NOVONIKOLAEVKA, Zaporozhye region, as well as fifty-one artillery units, manpower and military equipment of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in 167 districts.

Five depots of rocket and artillery weapons and ammunition were destroyed in the areas of the settlements of LABOR in the Zaporozhye region, KURAKHOVO, KONSTANTINOVKA, SEVERSK of the Donetsk People's Republic and BALAKLEYA in the Kharkiv region.

In addition, in the area of ​​​​the settlement of BELAYA KRYNYTSA, Mykolaiv region, a launcher of the Buk-M1 anti-aircraft missile system was destroyed, and in the area of ​​MALOMIKHAILOVKA, Dnepropetrovsk region, a radar station for detecting and tracking air targets.

The air defense systems of the Russian Aerospace Forces shot down 13 unmanned aerial vehicles in the areas of the settlements of CHERVONOSELOVKA, OCHERETOVATE and ALEKSANDROVKA in the Zaporozhye region, VLADIMIROVKA, the railway station MANDRYKINO, KIRILLOVKA and NOVOANDREEVKA in the Donetsk People's Republic, LYUBIMOVKA, KRESCHENOVKA, KIROVALOVKA in TOMSON BIROVOVKA region, ALISOVKA in Kharkiv region, SENKOVKA in Chernihiv region, as well as the Tochka-U ballistic missile in the area of ​​RAKOVKA in Kherson region.

In addition, 19 rocket launchers of multiple launch rocket systems were intercepted in the air, including 16 - HIMARS in the areas of NOVAYA KAKHOVKA, YOUTH, Kherson region, NOVOSINOVO, GRUSHEVKA, Kharkiv region and 3 rockets of the Alder multiple launch rocket system - in the area of ​​ANTONOVKA, Kherson region .

In total, since the beginning of the special military operation, 293 aircraft, 152 helicopters, 1910 unmanned aerial vehicles, 374 anti-aircraft missile systems, 4863 tanks and other armored combat vehicles, 826 combat vehicles of multiple launch rocket systems, 3369 field artillery guns and mortars, and also 5387 units of special military vehicles.

Hole wrote:

Belisarius wrote:If they capture it, this will be a huge blow to Ukraine amid their “counteroffensive”
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In Kherson/Nikolaev and Kharkov area the command, rear services and reserves of the attacking forces have already been decimated or even completely destroyed. They can still move a little bit but they got no chance of keeping the area. In the coming days they will be finished off. End result: another division worth of manpower (the word again ) destroyed for the temporary gain of a few square kilometres.

To be honest, I'm extremely surprised with this pic.
12 systems are 4-6 batteries.
It is almost a whole brigade.
How a weakened brigade managed to survive so long into this war is unbelievable to me.
Batteries radars are missing here, so maybe this is some kind of storage the Russkie hit?

Old pic/photoshoped/training strike/whatever.
Hardly believe that the Ukrs could keep such big unit in open. It is a ready facility for missile troops or an airfield, so its location is kniwn&obvious. All te S-300 hit till now, were struck on the move, hidden etc. And now, we have almost a brigade sitting on its permanent location and destroyed there? Wow!