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On February 24, 2022, Russia launched its special military operation in Ukraine, aiming to liberate and defend the inhabitants of the Donbass region, where people have been suffering from a blockade and regular attacks by the Kiev regime's forces since 2014.

Russia Downs 31 Ukrainian Drones Over Past Day, Defense Ministry Says

© Sputnik . Stanislav Krasilnikov / Go to the mediabankThe Giatsint-S self-propelled artillery unit of the artillery unit of the Central Military District operates on the positions of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the Krasnolimansky direction.
The Giatsint-S self-propelled artillery unit of the artillery unit of the Central Military District operates on the positions of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the Krasnolimansky direction. - Sputnik Africa, 1920, 14.10.2023
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MOSCOW (Sputnik) - Russian air defense systems shot down 31 Ukrainian drones in the Lugansk People's Republic, and the Zaporozhye, Kharkov and Kherson regions over the past day, the Russian Defense Ministry said on Saturday.
"Over the past 24 hours, air defense systems destroyed 31 Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles in the areas of Nyrkovo in the Lugansk People's Republic, Berestovoe in the Kharkov region, Verbovoe and Romanovskoe in the Zaporozhye region and Peschanovka in the Kherson region," the ministry said.
In the Donetsk direction Ukrainian losses amounted to up to 185 servicepeople, three armored combat vehicles, two vehicles, a US-made M777 artillery system, a D-20 howitzer, Akatsiya and Gvozdika self-propelled artillery launchers, and a Bukovel anti-drone electronic warfare system, the ministry said.
In the South Donetsk direction, Kiev lost to up to 170 fighters, an infantry fighting vehicle, two armored combat vehicles and three vehicles, the ministry said.
In the Kupyansk and Krasny Lyman directions, Ukrainian forces lost about 240 servicepeople, the ministry said. Russian units also destroyed more than 40 Ukrainian soldiers in the Kherson direction and over 35 in the Zaporozhye direction, the ministry said.
Combat work of the crew of the 82-mm mortar Tray of the Central Military District against the positions of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Krasnolimansky direction of the Northern Military District. - Sputnik Africa, 1920, 05.10.2023
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