Igor Konashenkov spoke about the progress of the special military operation on April 2, 2023

Data on the conduct of the special military operation of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation as of April 2, 2023. Information is published on the official website http://www.mil.ru.

The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation continue to carry out a special military operation.

In the direction of Kupyansk, army air strikes and artillery fire from the Western group of forces inflicted a defeat on the units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the settlement areas of Sinkovka, Olshany and Krakhmalnoe in the Kharkiv region . During the day, up to 30 Ukrainian servicemen, three armored fighting vehicles, two vehicles, as well as a D-30 howitzer were destroyed. In addition, in the areas of the Stelmakhivka settlements of the Lugansk People’s Republic, Dvurechnaya, Pershotravneve and Sinkovka of the Kharkiv region, the actions of six Ukrainian sabotage and reconnaissance groups were stopped.

In the direction of Krasnolimansky, army assault and air strikes, artillery fire, heavy flamethrower systems and active operations of units of the “Center” group of forces hit enemy units in the areas of the settlements of Yampolovka, Grigorovka of the Donetsk People’s Republic, Makeevka and Chervonaya Dibrova of the Luhansk People’s Republic. Enemy losses amounted to 100 Ukrainian servicemen, two armored fighting vehicles, four pickup trucks, one Akatsiya self-propelled howitzer and one D-30 howitzer.

In the direction of Donetsk, as a result of the active actions of units of the Southern Group of Forces, operational and tactical aviation strikes and artillery fire, more than 210 Ukrainian servicemen and mercenaries, three armored personnel carriers of Turkish-made Kirpi troops, three armored fighting vehicles, four cars, three vans, as well as an “Msta-B” howitzer.

In the southern Donetsk and Zaporizhzhia directions, air strikes and artillery fire from the Vostok group of forces inflicted defeat on the units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the areas of the Shevchenko settlements in the Donetsk People’s Republic, Levadne and Orekhov in the Zaporizhzhia region. In addition, two sabotage and reconnaissance groups of the Armed Forces of Ukraine were destroyed in the settlement areas of Nikolskoye in the Donetsk People’s Republic and Vishnevoe in the Zaporizhzhia region. Over the past 24 hours, more than 40 Ukrainian servicemen, two armored vehicles, three pickup trucks, one D-30 howitzer and one D-20 howitzer were destroyed in these areas. Also, in the area of ​​the Uspenovka settlement in the Zaporizhzhia region, an American-made AN / TPQ-36 counter-battery radar was destroyed.

In the direction of Kherson, up to 15 Ukrainian servicemen, seven vehicles and one Akatsiya self-propelled howitzer were destroyed in a fire.

Operational and tactical and military aviation, missile forces and artillery of groups of troops (forces) of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation during the day defeated 92 artillery units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine on firing positions, personnel and equipment in 103 districts. In the area of ​​the Stelmakhovka settlement of the Luhansk People’s Republic, a warehouse of artillery ammunition of the Armed Forces of Ukraine was destroyed. The command post and communication center of the 58th Motorized Infantry Brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces was hit near the settlement of Krasny Liman in the Donetsk People’s Republic. The command and observation posts of the battalions of the 109th Territorial Defense Brigade and the 25th Airborne Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine were hit in the Petrivske and Terny settlement areas of the Donetsk People’s Republic.

During the day, 11 Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles were destroyed by air defense means in the settlement areas of Vladimirovka, Kirillovka, Verkhnetoretskoye of the Donetsk People’s Republic, Novokrasnyanka, Varvarovka, Kreminnaya of the Lugansk People’s Republic and Novaya Kakhovka from Kherson region, Velyky Vyselki from Kharkiv region.

In total, since the start of the special military operation, have been destroyed: 405 aircraft, 228 helicopters, 3641 unmanned aerial vehicles, 415 anti-aircraft missile systems, 8510 tanks and other armored combat vehicles, 1077 combat vehicles multiple-launch rocket systems, 4485 field artillery guns and mortars, as well as 9270 units of special military vehicles.

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