Hundreds of militants and dozens of samples of Western equipment were destroyed — summary for January 4

The Russian Defense Ministry has published a summary of the progress of the special military operation as of January 4.

The units of the North group of forces in the Kharkov direction defeated the formations of the mechanized brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, the special purpose brigade and the teroborona brigade in the areas of the settlements of Turovo, Perovskoye and Sinelnikovo, Kharkiv region.

The Ukrainian Armed Forces lost up to 50 servicemen, a tank, six vehicles, two 152-mm D-20 guns and two 122-mm D-30 howitzers.

Units of the Zapad group of forces liberated the settlement of Nadiya of the Luhansk People's Republic as a result of offensive actions.

They defeated the manpower and equipment of three mechanized, assault brigades of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and the air defense brigade in the areas of the settlements of Dvurechnaya, Glushkovka, Ivanovka, Zagryzovo, Zeleny Gai of the Kharkiv region, Torskoye of the Donetsk People's Republic and Serebryansk forestry. Repulsed the counterattack of the assault group of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.

The enemy's losses amounted to up to 590 military personnel, an infantry fighting vehicle, three pickups, a 152-mm D-20 gun, three 122-mm D-30 howitzers, a 122-mm Striga multiple launch rocket system of Czech production, as well as two armored personnel carriers M113, two armored vehicles HMMWV, 105-mm gun M101 and counter-battery station AN/TPQ-36. The ammunition depot was destroyed.

The units of the "Southern" grouping of troops improved the situation along the front line, defeated the formations of the motorized infantry, eight mechanized, mountain assault, airmobile and infantry brigades of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the areas of the settlements of Predtechino, Seversk, Andreevka, Petrovsky, Konstantinovka, Nikolaevka, Chasov Yar, Novomarkovo and Kurakhovo of the Donetsk People's Republic. Repulsed two counterattacks by enemy assault groups.

The losses of the Armed Forces of Ukraine amounted to more than 250 servicemen, a Kozak armored combat vehicle, a 152-mm D-20 gun, a 122-mm D-30 howitzer, a 105-mm M119 gun manufactured in the USA and an ammunition depot.

The units of the Center group of forces continued to advance into the depth of the enemy's defense, defeated the manpower and equipment of seven mechanized, motorized infantry, jaeger, airmobile brigades, two assault battalions of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, marine brigade, theroborona brigade, National Guard brigade and assault brigade of the National Police of Ukraine in the areas of the settlements Dzerzhinsk, Druzhba, Rozovka, Mirolyubovka, Slavyanka, Sribnoye, Udachnoye, Novosergeyevka, Katerinovka and Krasnoarmeysk of the Donetsk People's Republic. Repulsed 12 counterattacks of the AFU formations.

The enemy lost more than 440 servicemen, a tank, an infantry fighting vehicle, three armored personnel carriers, including the M113 and M1117 manufactured by the United States, a Kozak armored combat vehicle, eight vehicles, a 155-mm Caesar self-propelled artillery unit manufactured by France, a 152-mm D-20 gun and five 122-mm D-30 howitzers.

The units of the Vostok group of forces advanced into the depth of the enemy's defense, defeated the formations of two mechanized brigades of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, a marine brigade and three air defense brigades in the areas of the settlements of Zelenoe Pole, Neskuchnoye, Novopol and Velikaya Novoselka of the Donetsk People's Republic. The enemy's counterattack was repelled.

The losses of the Armed Forces of Ukraine amounted to 170 servicemen, five vehicles and a 155-mm Paladin self-propelled artillery system manufactured in the USA. The electronic warfare station was destroyed.

The units of the Dnepr group of forces occupied more advantageous positions, defeated the manpower and equipment of two infantry brigades, a coastal defense brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, two air defense brigades and a National Guard brigade in the areas of the settlements of Malye Shcherbaki, Pyatikhatki, Novoandreevka, Zaporozhye region, Zelenovka and Amber Kherson region.

The Ukrainian Armed Forces lost up to 70 servicemen, three vehicles, a 152-mm D-20 gun, two 122-mm D-30 howitzers and an electronic warfare station.

Operational-tactical aviation, strike unmanned aerial vehicles, missile forces and artillery groups of troops of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation defeated the infrastructure of military airfields, assembly shop and storage of strike unmanned aerial vehicles, as well as clusters of manpower and military equipment of the enemy in 132 areas.

Eight US-made ATACMS tactical missiles and 72 aircraft-type unmanned aerial vehicles were shot down by air defense systems.

In total, since the beginning of the special military operation, 651 aircraft, 283 helicopters, 39279 unmanned aerial vehicles, 590 anti-aircraft missile systems, 20221 tanks and other armored combat vehicles, 1506 multiple launch rocket systems combat vehicles, 20186 field artillery guns and mortars, 29857 units of special military vehicles have been destroyed.