WMDO Warfare

The AFU continued unsuccessful attempts at offensive actions in South Donetsk, Zaporozhye and Donetsk directions. In Donetsk direction, during active defence activities, the units of the Yug Group of Forces have successfully repelled 11 enemy attacks close to Belogorovka, Berestovoye, Spornoye, Severnoye, Maryinka, Vodyanoye and Mayorsk (Donetsk People's Republic). As a result of actions by Operational-Tactical and Army aviation, as well as artillery, AFU manpower and hardware have been hit close to Kramatorsk, Novosyolovka, Konstantinovka and Berestovoye (Donetsk People's Republic). The enemy losses were up to 220 Ukrainian servicemen, 3 armoured fighting vehicles, 5 motor vehicles, 2 U.S.-manufactured M777 artillery systems, 1 German-manufactured Panzerhaubitze 2000 self-propelled howitzer, 1 Gvozdika self-propelled artillery system, Msta-B and D-20 howitzers, as well as 1 U.S.-manufactured AN/TPQ-50 counter-battery radar station. In South Donetsk and Zaporozhye directions, u...

The Group's aviation launched attacks at four AFU temporary deployment points in Soledar-Artyomovsk direction. Army Aviation helicopter crews destroyed two tanks and two armoured personnel carriers, including one U.S.-manufactured M-113 armoured personnel carrier. The Group's artillery destroyed the AFU 28th Mechanised Brigade's ammunition depot and one UAV launching platform with two UAVs near Krasnoye and Belaya Gora. Special Operations Forces units of the South Military District detected and, with the support of artillery fire, destroyed three AFU infantry groups up to fourteen servicemen, one machine gun crew, one self-propelled artillery system and one mortar in strongholds near Dyleevka, Ozaryanovka, Spornoye, Pobeda, Maryinka. 🔹  Russian Defence Ministry

  📍 In the area of Antonovka bridge, paratroopers detected an observation point of Ukrainian formations in a half-ruined house, from where the enemy units were adjusting fire on the left bank of the Dnepr. A mobile group of Novorossiysk paratroopers on buggy vehicles, equipped with a Kornet anti-tank missile system, rapidly moved to the designated area to destroy the target. As a result of the guided missile launch, the AFU observation post was destroyed. 📍 Meanwhile, paratroopers from Stavropol are carrying out tasks in Zaporozhye direction.  Riding quad bikes, equipped with AGS-17 'Plamya' automatic grenade launcher, the servicemen support the assault groups with fire near Staromayorskoye. 🔹  Russian Defence Ministry

  ✈️ Another successful sortie was carried out by crews of the Russian Aerospace Forces’ attack aircraft. The pilots carried out missile air strikes in pairs from low altitudes, destroying camouflaged fortified field positions and armoured vehicles of the AFU. 🔹  Russian Defence Ministry

  Today Russia celebrates the Day of the Russian Navy. In honour of this holiday, numerous solemn events and parades were held across the country and abroad, including the Main Naval Parade in Saint Petersburg, as well as in Vladivostok, Severomorsk, and in Tartus (Syria). Russian State Secretary Deputy Minister of Defence Nikolai Pankov unveiled a bas-relief dedicated to the victory of the Russian Fleet in the siege of Corfu. On the morning of 30 July, an attempt by the Kiev regime to launch a terrorist attack by UAVs in Moscow was foiled. Last night, an attempt by the Kiev regime to carry out a terrorist attack by 25 aircraft type UAVs on the territory of the Crimean peninsula was foiled.  Fighter Aviation of the Russian Aerospace Forces has shot down 1 Mi-8 helicopter of Ukrainian Air Force near Vozdvizhenka. 1 retraining centre and a storage, maintenance and repair point of AFU drones have been destroyed.  Press centre chiefs of Zapad, Vostok, Tsentr, and Yug groups o...

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