Summary of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation on the progress of the special military operation (as of December 2, 2023)
In the period from November 25 to December 2, 2023, the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation carried out 27 group strikes with precision weapons and unmanned aerial vehicles on military airfield infrastructure, arsenals, places of storage of artillery ammunition, weapons, military equipment and fuel bases.
In addition, the locations of the AFU units were affected. All assigned objects are hit.
In the Kupyansk direction, units of the "Western" grouping of troops improved the position along the front edge in the area of the settlement of Sinkovka, Kharkiv region, and repelled 18 enemy attacks.
Air strikes and artillery fire defeated the manpower and equipment of the 10th mountain assault, 57th motorized infantry, 14th, 43rd, 53rd and 67th mechanized brigades of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the areas of the settlements of Sinkovka, Ivanovka and Kislovka in the Kharkiv region.
The enemy's losses during the week amounted to over 315 soldiers, two tanks, eight armored combat vehicles, 15 vehicles and seven field artillery guns.
In the Krasno-Limansky direction, units of the Center group of forces, with the support of aviation, artillery fire and heavy flamethrower systems, repelled thirteen attacks by assault groups of the 12th Special Purpose Brigade, the 47th and 67th mechanized brigades of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
In addition, clusters of manpower of the 31st National Guard Brigade, as well as the 117th and 125th territorial defense brigades in the areas of the settlements of Torskoye, Krasny Liman, Serebryanka and Grigorovka of the Donetsk People's Republic were defeated.
The total losses of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in this area amounted to more than 950 servicemen killed and wounded, seven armored combat vehicles and 21 vehicles.
In the Donetsk direction, units of the "Southern" group of troops, with the support of aviation and artillery fire, continued to improve the situation along the front line and liberated the settlement of Artemovskoye in the Donetsk People's Republic.
Also, fire damage was inflicted on the personnel and equipment of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the areas of the settlements of Marinka, Kurdyumovka and Kleshcheyevka of the Donetsk People's Republic.
Over the past week, Russian units have repelled 17 enemy attacks in this area.
The enemy's losses amounted to more than 1,680 soldiers, six tanks, six armored combat vehicles, 31 vehicles and 19 field artillery guns.
In the South Donetsk direction, units of the Vostok group of forces repelled three enemy attacks.
Air strikes and artillery fire inflicted fire damage on units of the 58th motorized Infantry, 72nd mechanized brigades and the 128th Brigade of the Territorial Defense of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the areas of the settlements of Novomikhailovka, Staromayorskoye, Nikolskoye, Shevchenko, Konstantinovka and Novodonetsky of the Donetsk People's Republic.
The enemy's losses during the week amounted to over 880 military personnel, a tank, six armored combat vehicles, 20 vehicles and five field artillery guns.
In the Zaporozhye direction, units of the Russian troops conducted an active defense, during which they repelled 14 enemy attacks in the areas of the settlements of Rabodino and Verbovoye in the Zaporozhye region.
In addition, fire damage was inflicted on the manpower and equipment of the 71st Jaeger, 82nd airborne assault, 33rd, 65th and 118th mechanized brigades of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the areas of the settlements of Malaya Tokmachka and Novoandreevka of the Zaporozhye region.
The losses of the Armed Forces of Ukraine during the specified period amounted to up to 315 military personnel, five tanks, seven armored combat vehicles, 21 vehicles and five field artillery guns.
In the Kherson direction, the enemy made unsuccessful attempts to land combat groups on the islands and the left bank of the Dnieper.
As a result of the pre-emptive actions of Russian troops and artillery fire raids, the losses of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in this area for a week amounted to 450 military personnel, 13 field artillery guns, 23 boats and 26 cars. Two enemy divisional reconnaissance groups have been destroyed.
Also, units of the 35th, 36th and 37th brigades of the AFU Marines were defeated in the areas of the settlements of Tyaginka, Tokarevka and Sadovoye in the Kherson region.
In addition, 14 Ukrainian servicemen were captured.
During the week, tactical aviation and missile forces of groups of troops of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation hit: the fuel storage and parking of aviation equipment at the Mirgorod airfield in the Poltava region, as well as six P-18 radar stations.
During the week, eight Ukrainian Air Force aircraft and one helicopter were shot down by air defense means, including: five Mig-29s, two Su-27s, one Su-25, as well as an Mi-8 helicopter.
In addition, 41 HIMARS and Uragan multiple launch rocket systems, three HARM anti-radar missiles, as well as 188 unmanned aerial vehicles were destroyed.
In total, since the beginning of the special military operation, 545 aircraft, 256 helicopters, 9353 unmanned aerial vehicles, 442 anti-aircraft missile systems, 13743 tanks and other armored combat vehicles, 1187 multiple rocket launchers, 7215 field artillery and mortars, as well as 15,844 units of special military vehicles have been destroyed.
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