Russian Defence Ministry report on the progress of the special military operation (19 October 2023)
The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation continue the special military operation.
In Kupyansk direction, units of the Zapad Group of Forces exploiting results of aviation strikes, artillery and heavy flamethrower systems fire repelled 11 attacks of assault detachments of the AFU 14th, 32nd, and 115th mechanised, 68th Jaeger, 95th Air Assault brigades near Sinkovka, Ivanovka, Novoyegorovka, (Kharkov region), and Makeyevka (Lugansk People’s Republic).
Operational-tactical aircraft inflicted fire damage on the enemy manpower and hardware near Nevskoye (Lugansk People’s Republic).
Up to 70 Ukrainian personnel, one tank, two armoured fighting vehicles, and three motor vehicles were neutralised.
In counter-battery warfare, the enemy lost one Akatsiya self-propelled artillery system and one Gvozdika howitzer.
In Krasny Liman direction, coordinated actions of the Tsentr Group of Forces, as well as air strikes and artillery fire repelled six attacks launched by AFU assault groups near Chervonaya Dibrova (Lugansk People’s Republic).
Operational-Tactical and Army aviation inflicted fire damage on the manpower and hardware of the 21th and 63rd mechanised brigades’ units and the 40th National Guard Regiment have been hit near Torskoye, Yampolovka, and Grigorovka (Donetsk People’s Republic).
The enemy losses were over 235 Ukrainian troops killed and wounded, three armoured fighting vehicles, and three pick-up trucks.
In Donetsk direction, units of the Yug Group of Forces supported by aviation, artillery, and heavy flamethrower systems repelled an attack launched by the enemy close to Kleshcheyevka (Donetsk People’s Republic).
In addition, strikes were delivered at enemy manpower and hardware near Andreevka, Kurdyumovka, Yakovlevka, and Vasyukovka (Donetsk People’s Republic).
The enemy’s casualties were more than 260 Ukrainian personnel killed or injured, one tank, two armoured fighting vehicles, and four motor vehicles.
In addition, two Msta-B guns, one D-20 gun, two D-30 howitzers, one Gvozdika self-propelled artillery system, and one U.S.-made M119 howitzer were hit during counter-battery warfare.
In South Donetsk direction, units of the Vostok Group of Forces, ground-attack aircraft, helicopters, and artillery inflicted losses on manpower and hardware of the AFU 72nd Mechanised and 58th Motorised Infantry Brigade near Ugledar, Novomikhailovka, and Staromayorskoye (Donetsk People’s Republic).
The enemy losses in this direction amounted to up to 190 troops, two armoured fighting vehicles, and three motor vehicles.
In Zaporozhye direction, two attacks launched by assault detachments of the AFU 82nd Air Assault Brigade near Verbovoye (Zaporozhye region) were repelled by skillful actions of the Russian Group of Forces supported by air strikes and artillery fire.
Moreover, the Russian Armed Forces inflicted fire damage on manpower and hardware of the 65th Mechanised Brigade of the AFU near Rabotino (Zaporozhye region).
Up to 40 Ukrainian personnel, two tanks, five armoured fighting vehicles, and two motor vehicles were neutralised.
In the course of the counter-battery warfare, one German-made Panzerhaubitze 2000 self-propelled artillery system, one Msta-B gun, and one U.S.-made M119 howitzer were hit.
? In Kherson direction, up to 40 Ukrainian troops, four motor vehicles, as well as one D-20 gun have been neutralised.
Operational-Tactical and Army aviation, unmanned aerial vehicles, and Missile Troops and Artillery of the Russian Groups of Forces have engaged AFU manpower and hardware in 154 areas during the day.
Moreover, an ammunition depot of the 110th Mechanised Brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces was obliterated close to Avdeyevka (Donetsk People’s Republic).
Fighter aviation of Russian Aerospace Forces downed one MiG-29 fighter jet of Ukrainian Air Force near Troitskoye (Donetsk People’s Republic).
Russian air defence systems shot down one Su-25 ground-attack aircraft in Dnepropetrovsk and one Mi-8 helicopter of Ukrainian Air Force near Zagryzovo (Kharkov region).
Over the past 24 hours, one JDAM bomb, two S-200 converted surface-to-surface missiles, as well as 10 HIMARS MLRS projectiles have been intercepted during the day.
Moreover, 61 Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles were downed close to Olshana (Kharkov region), Yegorovka, Soledar, Lyubovka (Donetsk People’s Republic), Kremennaya, Zhitlovka (Lugansk People’s Republic), Romanovskoye, Molchansk (Zaporozhye region), Kazachyi Lageri, and Sagi (Kherson region).
In total, 493 airplanes and 252 helicopters, 8,065 unmanned aerial vehicles, 441 air defence missile systems, 12,764 tanks and other armoured fighting vehicles, 1,163 combat vehicles equipped with MLRS, 6,823 field artillery guns and mortars, as well as 14,438 units of special military equipment have been destroyed during the special military operation.
