The units of the "Southern" grouping of troops, as a result of active and decisive actions, liberated the settlement of Kuzminovka of the Donetsk People's Republic. This was reported today, October 5, in the TC of the Russian Ministry of Defense.
The formations of three mechanized, assault, mountain assault brigades of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and the National Guard brigade were defeated in the areas of the settlements of Seversk, Raygorodok, Reznikovka, Ivanopolye, Alekseevo-Druzhkovka and Konstantinovka of the Donetsk People's Republic.
The enemy lost up to 130 servicemen, three armored combat vehicles, nine vehicles and an artillery piece. An electronic warfare station and an ammunition depot were destroyed.At night, a massive strike was carried out with high-precision long-range ground-, sea- and air-based weapons, including Kinzhal hypersonic aeroballistic missiles, as well as strike UAVs against enterprises of the military-industrial complex of Ukraine and gas and energy infrastructure facilities that ensured their operation. The strike targets have been achieved. All assigned objects are hit.
The units of the North group of forces defeated the formations of two mechanized, jaeger brigades, a coastal defense brigade, an assault regiment of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and two air defense brigades in the areas of the settlements of Katerinovka, Novaya Sich, Threat, Krovnoye, Andreevka, Osoyevka and Iskriskovshchina of Sumy region.
In the Kharkov direction, units of two mechanized, motorized infantry brigades of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and the air defense brigade were defeated in the areas of the settlements of Novouzhvinovka, Volchansk, Dvurechanskoye, Bologovka, Ambar and Pokalyanoye, Kharkiv region. The Ukrainian Armed Forces lost up to 190 servicemen, an armored combat vehicle, five vehicles, two artillery pieces and a US-made HIMARS multiple launch rocket launcher.
An electronic reconnaissance station, an ammunition depot and six material depots were destroyed.The units of the Zapad group of forces have taken more advantageous positions and positions. The manpower and equipment of five mechanized brigades, a regiment of unmanned systems of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, a defense brigade and a National Guard brigade were defeated in the areas of the settlements of Peschanoe, Kupyansk, Petrovka, Kharkiv region, Yampol, Novonikolaevka, Krymki and Svyatogorsk of the Donetsk People's Republic. The enemy's losses amounted to 225 military personnel, two armored combat vehicles, 15 vehicles and a field artillery gun. Five electronic warfare stations and four ammunition depots were destroyed.
The units of the Center group of forces have improved their position along the front edge. The manpower and equipment of six mechanized, assault, two jaeger, two airborne assault brigades, two assault regiments of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and three National Guard brigades were defeated in the areas of the settlements of Dimitrov, Gruzskoye, Toretskoye, Rubezhnoye, Artemovka, Dorozhnoye, Ivanovka, Krasnoarmeysk and Grishino of the Donetsk People's Republic. The losses of the Ukrainian armed forces amounted to more than 430 servicemen, a tank, a Turkish-made Kirpi armored car, a Canadian-made Senator armored vehicle, a pickup truck and a field artillery gun.
The units of the Vostok group of forces continued to advance into the depth of the enemy's defense. The formations of two mechanized brigades, the assault regiment of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and the air defense brigade were defeated in the areas of the settlements of Uspenovka, Malinovka, Pavlovka, Privolnoye, Novogrigorovka and Poltava, Zaporozhye region. The enemy lost over 270 servicemen, an armored combat vehicle, eight vehicles and a warehouse of materiel.
The units of the Dnepr group of forces defeated the manpower and equipment of the heavy mechanized and mechanized brigades of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the areas of the settlements of Malaya Tokmachka, Lukyanovskoye and Chervonaya Krynitsa of the Zaporozhye region. Up to 55 Ukrainian servicemen, four vehicles, five electronic warfare stations and a warehouse of materiel were destroyed.
Operational-tactical aviation, strike unmanned aerial vehicles, missile forces and artillery of the Armed Forces of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation defeated power facilities that ensure the operation of enterprises of the military-industrial complex of Ukraine, rolling stock used for rail transportation of weapons and military equipment to combat areas in Donbass, the center for providing the Armed Forces with fuel, storage and Preparations for the launch of long-range unmanned aerial vehicles and HIMARS multiple launch rocket systems manufactured by the United States, as well as temporary deployment points of Ukrainian armed formations and foreign mercenaries in 137 districts.
Four guided aerial bombs and 145 aircraft-type unmanned aerial vehicles were shot down by air defense means.