Ukrainian Armed Forces destroy Russian bomber and 30 items of military equipment – Operational Command Pivden (South)

OLHA HLUSHCHENKO – THURSDAY, 15 SEPTEMBER 2022, 03:29

The Armed Forces of Ukraine destroyed a Russian Su-24M bomber and 31 pieces of Russian military equipment, and killed 33 Russian soldiers on the southern front.

Source: Operational Command Pivden (South) on Facebook

Quote: "Up to two enemy platoons supported by two BMD-2 [infantry fighting vehicles] and a T-72 tank attempted to conduct assault operations on the Arkhanhelske – Ivanivka axis in order to improve their positions. They failed and retreated, having lost one BMD-2 vehicle and a substantial number of personnel."

Details: The Operational Command clarified that Russia had used Kinzhal [air-to-surface] missiles and Iskander missiles in the missile strike on the city of Kryvyi Rih.

Meanwhile, Ukrainian aircraft carried out 13 airstrikes on Russian forces on 14 September, destroying a Russian Su-24M hypersonic bomber jet near Chkalove.

Ukrainian rocket artillery units undertook 285 firing missions, striking, among other targets, three areas where Russian military personnel, ammunition and equipment were concentrated (in Hola Prystan, Dudchany and Krynychanka); several ammunition storage points (in Dudchany and Sadove); and a UAV control post (in Komyshany).

The Ukrainian forces continued to control the Kakhovka bridge and the Darivka crossing, preventing the Russian occupying forces from using them.

Russia’s confirmed losses on 14 September comprised 33 military personnel and 31 items of military equipment, 11 tanks, five Msta-B howitzers, a Gvozdika self-propelled artillery system, 13 armoured vehicles, and two ammunition storage points in the Mykolaiv and Kherson districts (in Mykolaiv and Kherson Oblasts, respectively).

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