The Russian Defense Ministry reported that air defense systems of two Ukrainian Su-25 fighters of the Ukrainian Air Force were shot down in the areas of Parvenkovo ​​and Korolka in the Kharkiv region.

“The Ukrainian army suffers heavy losses, so that the number of casualties in the village (Verkhnikaminsky) alone reached more than 120 fighters killed in one day, except for 70 fighters in (Verkhnikaminsky).”

He explained that “the failure of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in battle has led to an increase in the number of deserters from military service who evade participation in hostilities, and there is also an unorganized withdrawal of individual units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine from Lysechansk. “

According to Konashenkov, the command is trying in every way to hide the shortage of personnel in the units, therefore, in one of the battalions of the 17th tank brigade, which operates in the area of ​​\u200b\u200bthe Novaya Poltavka village of the Donetsk People’s Republic, no more than 20% of the personnel of the detachment remained regular military ranks.

On the other hand, the Russian armed forces continue shelling military facilities on the territory of Ukraine, as two command posts and 5 ammunition depots in the village areas have been destroyed by high-precision weapons of the Russian Aerospace Forces over the past 24 hours. “Ivano-Dreyvka” and “Seversk” in the Donetsk People’s Republic, “Belogorovka” in the Lugansk People’s Republic, “Nikolaev” and “Libetykha” in the Nikolaev region, as well as areas of concentration of personnel and military equipment of the Ukrainian army in 26 regions.