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On February 24, 2022 Russia launched a special military operation in Ukraine, aiming to liberate the Donbass region where the people's republics of Donetsk and Lugansk had been living under regular attacks from Kiev's forces.

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MOSCOW (Sputnik) - Russian armed forces launched a group strike using cruise missiles and drones at the locations of foreign mercenaries and training sites for Ukrainian saboteurs, the Russian Defense Ministry stated on Monday.
"The past night, the Russian armed forces carried out a group strike using high-precision long-range weapons and strike unmanned aerial vehicles at the points of temporary deployment of foreign mercenaries and training of sabotage groups of the Ukraine military," the ministry reported.
All targets have been hit, and the objective of the strike has been achieved, the ministry added.
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In addition, Russia has repelled seven attacks near the settlements of Spornoye, Berestovoye, and Mayorsk in the Donetsk direction in the past 24 hours, the ministry said. At the same time, Ukraine has lost up to 445 soldiers in this direction over the day, the ministry noted.

"Enemy losses [in the Donetsk direction] amounted to up to 445 Ukrainian military personnel killed and wounded, one tank, three infantry fighting vehicles, and 11 cars. In addition, a self-propelled howitzer Gvozdika and two D-30 howitzers were destroyed during the struggle," the ministry said.

Moreover, Russia repelled two attacks by Ukraine in the Zaporozhye direction, where Kiev lost up to 100 servicemen, as well as two attacks by the Ukrainian forces in the Krasny Liman direction, with Ukraine losing up to 55 troops.
At the same time, Russian air defenses took down two Ukrainian drones over the Belgorod Region and one over the Black Sea, the ministry reported.

"On September 25, 2023, at about 13:00 Moscow time [10:00 GMT], an attempt by the Kiev regime to commit a terrorist attack using an aircraft-type UAV on objects on the territory of Russia was prevented. Two Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles over the Belgorod Region and one over the Black Sea were destroyed by air defenses on duty," the ministry said.

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Earlier in the day, Russian air defensea intercepted three Ukrainian drones over the Kursk and Bryansk Regions, the ministry reported.

"On September 25, 2023, at about 10:30 a.m. [local time, 7:30 GMT], another attempt by the Kiev regime to carry out a terrorist attack using an aircraft-type UAV on objects on the territory of Russia was prevented. The air defense on duty intercepted one Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicle over the Kursk Region," the ministry said.

"On September 25, 2023, at about 10 a.m. [local time, 7:00 GMT], another attempt by the Kiev regime to carry out a terrorist attack using an aircraft-type UAV on objects on the territory of Russia was prevented. On-duty air defense intercepted two Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles over the territories of the Kursk and Bryansk Regions," the ministry stated.
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Ukraine launched its latest counteroffensive effort in early June. Three months later, Russian President Vladimir Putin said the Ukrainian counteroffensive had failed, with Ukraine suffering over 71,000 casualties. Several Western officials have also admitted that the Ukrainian counteroffensive has not been successful.
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