Photo: Zelenskiy / Official
APU destroyed 36 invaders, enemy warehouses and equipment
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Units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the area of Oleksandrivka, Kherson region, shot down an attack unmanned aerial vehicle of the Lancet type.
On the southern lines of defense, the Ukrainian military destroyed 36 invaders, two enemy ammunition depots, tanks, howitzers and an anti-aircraft missile system. This was announced on Saturday, July 16, by the operational command South.
“The situation in our operational zone is stably tense. The enemy continues to defend himself and use missile, artillery and air strikes as a way to demonstrate his superiority. But committing crimes against the civilian population, he has no military success,” the message says.
It is noted that during the previous night, the invaders launched three rocket strikes.
“Across Nikolaev, an industrial infrastructure facility. One civilian was injured. Also, the enemy hit Bashtanka from the direction of Snigirevka with multiple launch rocket systems at night. Tornadoes hit Bashtanka from the direction of Snigirevka at night. command.
A strike on Odessa by a Kh-101 rocket led to a fire on an area of more than 1 thousand square meters. m at a woodworking enterprise. One person was injured there.
In the afternoon, OK, the flight of five Kh-555 cruise missiles fired by three Tu-95s from the Caspian Sea in the central regions of Ukraine was recorded over the zone of responsibility of OK South. Three rockets were destroyed, one hit a field, another one hit an agricultural farm in the Cherkasy region.
Also, continuing the tactics of air attacks, using the Ka-52 attack helicopter, the occupiers tried to attack Ukrainian military units in the north of the Kherson region, but did not achieve the set goal.
“According to the results of the performance of fire tasks by the rocket and artillery units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, the losses of the enemy were confirmed in the amount of 36 invaders, two T-72 tanks, the Msta-S self-propelled howitzer, the Tor anti-aircraft missile system, armored and automotive vehicles, as well as two field ammunition depots, two divisions of MANPADS with standard weapons and ammunition in the Kherson region.
In the northwestern part of the Black Sea, in a moderate storm, the enemy ship grouping reduced its composition from two to one VDK, but the number of missile ships and cruise missiles of the Caliber type remained at two and 16, respectively.
“The threat of missile strikes remains relevant from the sea, from the sky, and from the temporarily occupied territories,” the command added.
Recall that today in the Kherson region are concentrated from 12 to 15 thousand Russian soldiers.
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