Ukrainian Armed Forces destroy 18 Russian howitzers and kill over 100 Russian soldiers in southern Ukraine
UKRAINSKA PRAVDA – FRIDAY, 7 OCTOBER 2022, 04:11
The Armed Forces of Ukraine destroyed 18 Russian howitzers and an Iranian-made Mohajer-6 UAV capable of carrying a multispectral surveillance payload and up to four precision-guided munitions, and killed more than 100 Russian soldiers in southern Ukraine over the course of 6 October.
Source: Operational Command Pivden (South) on Facebook
Details: Russia’s confirmed losses comprise:
- 105 military personnel;
- 8 tanks;
- 18 large-calibre Msta-S and Msta-B howitzers;
- 1 Pion self-propelled gun;
- 1 152mm howitzer gun;
- 4 mortars;
- 15 armoured vehicles;
- 3 ammunition dumps in the Bashtanka and Beryslav districts [in Mykolaiv and Kherson Oblasts, respectively - ed.].
Another six pieces of Russian military equipment, including several tanks, an armoured combat vehicle, a howitzer and an electronic warfare system, have been severely damaged.
Over the course of the day, the Ukrainian Armed Forces destroyed six Orlan-10 reconnaissance drones and one Mohajer-6 drone in the Beryslav and Mykolaiv districts. They also shot down three Shahed-136 drones that attempted to attack Odesa Oblast.
Ukraine’s rocket artillery units carried out 347 firing missions. Meanwhile, Ukrainian aircraft conducted seven airstrikes, striking Russian strong points and concentrations of Russian military personnel and equipment in the Beryslav district and anti-aircraft defence systems in the Kakhovka district [in Kherson Oblast - ed.].
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