Russian Defence Ministry report on the progress of the special military operation
On the evening of 28 July, the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation launched a precision-guided weapons strike on an AFU control point in Dnepropetrovsk.
The assigned target has been neutralised. The goal of the attack has been reached.
The AFU continued unsuccessful attempts at offensive actions in South Donetsk, Krasny Liman and Donetsk directions.
In Donetsk direction, as a result of coordinated actions of the defending units in close cooperation with artillery of the Yug Group of Forces, five enemy attacks have been successfully repelled close to Belogorovka, Avdeevka, Pervomayskoye and Krasnogorovka (Donetsk People’s Republic).
AFU manpower and hardware have been hit close to Vesyoloye, Bogdanovka, Kleshcheevka, Dyleevka, and Novgorodskoye (Donetsk People’s Republic).
The enemy losses were up to120 Ukrainian servicemen, three armoured fighting vehicles, two motor vehicles, as well as one Msta-B howitzer.
In South Donetsk and Zaporozhye directions, as a result of active actions by artillery of the Vostok Group of Forces, enemy manpower and hardware concentration areas have been hit close to Zolotaya Niva and Makarovka (Donetsk People’s Republic), Novoandreevka, Shcherbaki and Kamenskoye (Zaporozhye region).
The units of the 36th Combined-Arms Army and Airborne Troops successfully repelled two enemy attacks near Staromayorskoye and Urozhaynoye (Donetsk People’s Republic). During the fighting, the enemy lost up to 70 Ukrainian servicemen, one tank, one infantry fighting vehicle, and two pickup trucks.
In addition, one ammunition depot of the enemy 44th Artillery Brigade has been destroyed near Maryanovka (Zaporozhye region).
The enemy losses were up to 135 Ukrainian servicemen, two tanks, three armoured fighting vehicles, three motor vehicles, and one D-20 howitzer.
In Krasny Liman direction, as a result of the advance of assault detachments of the 42nd and 43rd mechanised brigades of the AFU, which was revealed by the reconnaissance of the Tsentr Group of Forces, the AFU troops were preemptively hit. Two enemy attacks have been repelled near Raigorodka (Lugansk People’s Republic) and Serebryansky forestry.
In addition, eight AFU manpower and hardware concentration areas have been hit close to Novogorovka, Nevskoye and Chervonaya Dibrova (Lugansk People’s Republic), Torskoye, and Grigorovka (Donetsk People’s Republic).
The enemy losses were up to 170 Ukrainian servicemen, three armoured fighting vehicles, two motor vehicles, one Akatsiya self-propelled artillery system, and one D-20 howitzer.
In Kupyansk direction, the assault detachments of the Zapad Group of Forces continued offensive operations close to Kuzyomovka (Lugansk People’s Republic) and took more favourable positions.
As a result of actions by Army Aviation and artillery, AFU units have been hit close to Sinkovka, Timkovka, Berestovoye (Kharkov region), Stelmakhovka (Lugansk People’s Republic).
The enemy losses were up to 20 Ukrainian servicemen, three motor vehicles and one D-20 howitzer.
In addition, one ammunition depot of the AFU 43rd Mechanised Brigade has been destroyed near Druzhelyubovka (Kharkov region).
In Kherson direction, the enemy losses were up to 20 Ukrainian servicemen, two motor vehicles, and one D-30 howitzer.
Operational-Tactical and Army aviation, Missile Troops and Artillery of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation have neutralised 97 AFU artillery units at their firing positions, manpower and hardware in 103 areas.
In addition, a fuel depot of the Ukrainian grouping of troops ‘Zaporozhye’ has been destroyed close to Zaporozhye.
One command post of the AFU 47th Mechanised Brigade has been hit near Orekhov (Zaporozhye region).
Air defence facilities have intercepted two S-200 surface-to-air missiles upgraded to attack ground targets, seven Storm Shadow cruise missiles and two HIMARS multiple-launch rocket system projectiles.
In addition, 6 Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles have been destroyed close to Verkhnekamenka (Lugansk People’s Republic), Spornoye, Pervomayskoye, and Maryinka (Donetsk People’s Republic), as well as Marfopol (Zaporozhye region).
In total, 457 airplanes, 244 helicopters, 5,314 unmanned aerial vehicles, 427 air defence missile systems, 11,021 tanks and other armoured fighting vehicles, 1,140 fighting vehicles equipped with MLRS, 5,652 field artillery cannons and mortars, as well as 11,951 special military motor vehicles have been destroyed during the special military operation.