Russian Forces Liberate Spornoye and Novoalexandrovka Settlements in Donetsk Region

The Russian military has liberated Spornoye and Novoalexandrovka in the Donetsk People's Republic, the Russian Ministry of Defense reported on Sunday.

Furthermore, Russia's operational-tactical aviation, drones, missile troops, and artillery hit a railway train unloading weapons. "Military equipment, and personnel of the 117th Mechanized Brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, as well as concentrations of enemy troops and military equipment in 127 areas [were hit]," the ministry added.

The Tsentr (Center) Battlegroup improved its tactical position and inflicted losses on the formations of the 23rd and 47th Mechanized Brigades, the 95th Air Assault Brigade, the 59th Motorized Infantry Brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, and the 2nd National Guard Brigade in the areas of Toretsk, Kirovo, Mikhaylovka, Novgorodskoe, Volch'ye, Shevchenko, Sokol, and Vishnevoye in the Donetsk People's Republic.

Over the day, five counterattacks by assault groups of the 24th, 31st, 41st Mechanized, and 68th Jaeger Brigades of the Ukrainian Armed Forces were repelled, according to the military department summary.

The enemy's losses included up to 370 soldiers, eight vehicles, a 155-mm M777 howitzer made in the US, a 152-mm 2A65 Msta-B howitzer, two 122-mm D-30 howitzers, two 100 mm MT-12 Rapira anti-tank guns, and a US-made AN/TPQ-36 counter-battery radar station, as noted by the Russian Ministry of Defense.

According to the ministry, the units of the Yug (South) Battlegroup improved their position on the front line and also inflicted damage on the troops and equipment of the 24th, 28th, 30th, 93rd Mechanized, 56th Motorized Infantry, 46th Airborne, 79th Assault, and 144th Infantry Brigades of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the areas of Vasyukovka, Kalinina, Chasov Yar, Kurdyumovka, Yelizavetovka, Katerinovka, and Kurakhovoye of the DPR.

"The attack of the assault group of the 214th battalion of the Ukrainian Armed Forces was repelled. The enemy lost up to 450 military personnel, two tanks, three armored combat vehicles, and four cars," the ministry's report states.

According to the ministry, during the counter-battery fight, two 155-mm howitzers M198 manufactured in the US, four 152-mm guns D-20, a 122-mm self-propelled artillery unit 2S1 Gvozdika, and four 105-mm guns L-119 manufactured in the UK were destroyed.

The Sever (North) Battlegroup inflicted losses on the personnel and equipment of the 41st Mechanized, 57th Motorized Infantry, 71st Infantry Brigades of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, 34th Marine Brigade, 125th, 127th Territorial Defense Brigades, and the 13th National Guard Brigade in the areas of Neskuchnoye, Staritsa, Vesyoloe, Ternovaya, Zhovtnevoye, Volchansk, and Liptsy in the Kharkov region, according to the ministry's statement.

Russian military personnel managed to destroy an ammunition depot of the 57th Motorized Infantry Brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, as well as enemy military equipment, the department noted.

The Vostok (East) Battlegroup seized more advantageous positions and inflicted losses on the personnel and equipment of the 115th, 123rd, and 128th Territorial Defense Brigades in the areas of Rovnopol, Vremevka, Novoukrainka, and Velikaya Novoselka in the Donetsk People's Republic. The counterattack by the assault group of the 123rd Territorial Defense Brigade was repelled. The Ukrainian Armed Forces lost up to 130 soldiers, according to the report.

Additionally, over the course of the day, Ukrainian forces lost two armored combat vehicles, seven vehicles, a 155-mm FH-70 howitzer, a 155-mm M198 howitzer, two 122-mm D-30 howitzers, as well as two field ammunition depots and a military-technical property depot in this section of the front.

The Zapad (West) Battlegroup has captured more advantageous positions and inflicted losses on the 14th and 43rd Mechanized Brigades of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, the 1st Brigade of the National Guard, and the 12th Azov Special Purpose Brigade (a neo-nazi battalion banned in Russia) in the areas of Sinkovka and Petropavlovka in the Kharkov region, Grigorovka and Serebryanka in the Donetsk People's Republic, and Chervonaya Dibrova in the Lugansk People's Republic. Two attacks by assault groups from the 110th Territorial Defense Brigade were repelled, as reported by the ministry.

According to the department, the Ukrainian Armed Forces lost up to 515 soldiers, two armored combat vehicles, and four vehicles over the day. During the counter-battery fire, a 155-mm AS-90 Braveheart self-propelled artillery unit from the UK, two 155-mm M777 howitzers from the USA, a 122-mm 2S1 Gvozdika self-propelled artillery unit, a 152-mm 2A65 Msta-B howitzer, and a BM-21 Grad multiple rocket launcher system were hit.

Additionally, two field ammunition depots and two electronic warfare stations, Bukovel-AD and Enclave-N, were destroyed, as stated by the Ministry of Defense.

Russian units of the Dnepr Battlegroup reported destroying up to 105 Ukrainian combatants, two US-made 155 mm M777 howitzers, a 122 mm D-30 howitzer, and a 105 mm M119 artillery piece from the US, an Enclave-AD electronic warfare station, and three field ammunition depots of the Ukrainian Armed Forces.

The Dnepr group inflicted losses on the troops and equipment of the 35th Marine Brigade, the 121st Territorial Defense Brigade, and the 22nd National Guard Brigade in the areas of Ilyinka in the Dnipropetrovsk region, Zolotaya Balka, Olhovka, and Tyaginka in the Kherson region.

The reported enemy losses included up to 105 soldiers, eight vehicles, two US-made 155 mm M777 howitzers, a 122 mm D-30 howitzer, and a 105 mm M119 artillery piece from the US. Also destroyed were an Enclave-AD electronic warfare station and three field ammunition depots of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, as stated in the message from the Russian military department.