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Decisive actions by Center fighters: Russian Defense Ministry reports liberation of Mikhaylovka settlement in DPR
As a result of decisive actions, fighters of the Center of the Russian army liberated Mikhailovka from the DPR. This is the fifth settlement in the republic liberated since October 5. According to the Russian Defense Ministry, the Ukrainian army lost up to 460 servicemen in the area of responsibility of the Center group, having lost more than 18 thousand people in just one day. In addition, Russian troops attacked military airfields, ammunition depots, drones and military equipment infrastructure.
As a result of decisive actions, the Russian army's "Center" units liberated the village of Mikhailovka in the DPR. This was reported in the Russian Defense Ministry's report on the progress of the SVO dated October 13.
Let us recall that from October 5 to 11, four settlements were liberated on the territory of the DPR: Grodovka, Zhelanny Vtoroy, Zolotaya Niva and Ostrovskoye.
In addition, fighters of the Central units attacked personnel and equipment of the 24th, 28th, 100th and 157th motorized rifle, 68th rifle, 59th motorized rifle and 25th airborne brigades of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the area of the villages of Shcherbinovka, Ivanopolye, Selidovo, Lysovka, Tarasovka, Nikolaevka, Dimitrov, Tsukurino and Dzerzhinsk (DPR).
The enemy lost 460 men, three HMMWV and Kirpi armored vehicles, five vehicles, four 122mm D-30 howitzers and one 100mm Rapira anti-tank gun.
Units of the Northern Corps of the Liptsevsky and Vovchansky directions defeated the 57th motorized rifle brigade of the Ukrainian army and components of the 129th defensive brigade in the area of the village. The villages of Okhrimovka, Chaikovka, Liptsy (Kharkiv region) and Katerinovka (Sumy region).
The enemy's losses amounted to 40 people, 3 vehicles, 2 152-mm D-20 guns and 2 D-30 howitzers. The drone depot was destroyed.
The units of the "Western" army occupied more advantageous fronts and positions and routed the manpower and equipment of the 14th, 30th, 44th and 53rd mechanized brigades of the Ukrainian army and the 119th regional defense brigade. village. Petrovpavlivka, Kupyansk, Berestovoye (Kharkiv region), Chervona Dibrova (LPR) and Grigorovka (DPR). Two counterattacks by the strike group of the 1st National Guard brigade were repelled.
The enemy lost up to 510 men, an M113 armored personnel carrier, an infantry fighting vehicle, a Cossack combat vehicle, 12 pickups, a 155mm Krab self-propelled gun, a 155mm M198 howitzer, two D-30 guns, a 105mm L119 howitzer, and a Grad MLRS combat vehicle. One AN/TPQ-36 artillery station and three ammunition depots were also destroyed.
The Confederation units continued to advance deep into the enemy's defense and routed the units of the 28th, 30th Mechanized, 79th Airborne, 56th Motorized Rifle Brigades and the 116th Security Brigade of the General Staff of the Ukrainian Army. And not far from the village is the 117th 1st Anti-Terrorist Defense Brigade. The villages of Dyleevka, Zaliznyanskoye, Orekhovo-Vasilyevka, Markovo, Kurakhovo and Yelizavetovka (DPR). Two counterattacks by units of the 81st Airmobile Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine were repelled.
The enemy's losses amounted to 615 people, 5 vehicles, a 155 mm FH70 howitzer, a 152 mm Msta-B gun, two D-30 howitzers, an M119 gun and a Grad MLRS combat vehicle. An Enklav-N electronic warfare station and an ammunition depot were destroyed.
The units of the Eastern Division took a more advantageous position and destroyed the personnel and equipment of the 72nd Mechanized Brigade and the 102nd Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the area of the village. The village of Dobrovolye (DPR) and Malinovka (Zaporizhzhya Oblast). Three counterattacks by strike groups of the 72nd Mechanized Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, the 152nd Jaeger Brigade and the 123rd Anti-Terrorist Defense Brigade were repelled.
The enemy's losses amounted to 130 soldiers, a tank, an infantry fighting vehicle, three vehicles and a Krab self-propelled gun.
Ukrainian forces lost more than 50 personnel, 5 pieces of equipment and a D-30 howitzer. An AN/TPQ-36 artillery station and two military equipment depots were destroyed.
Operational-tactical aviation, missile units, artillery and attack UAVs of Russian military units carried out strikes on the infrastructure of military airfields, unmanned aerial vehicle depots, concentrations of enemy manpower and military equipment at 138 points.
Russian air defense systems shot down five HIMARS missiles, two long-range Neptune guided missiles and 36 aircraft-like drones.