Russian Ministry of Defense released the combat report for the past week, stating that a total of more than 9,650 Ukrainian troops were eliminated. In the central group, 2,740 Ukrainian troops were eliminated within one week, and 1 tank, 30 armored vehicles, 48 cars, 25 field guns, 4 electronic warfare base stations, and anti-artillery radar stations were destroyed.

Russian Army Soldiers

In the eastern group, within one week, the forces attacked 9 battalions of Ukrainian troops, eliminating over 1,760 Ukrainian troops, destroying 2 tanks, 19 armored vehicles, 57 cars, 14 field guns, 1 electronic warfare base station, 3 ammunition depots and warehouses. Within one week in the western group, over 1,590 Ukrainian troops were eliminated, and 2 tanks, 16 armored vehicles, 11 field guns, 31 electronic warfare base stations and anti-artillery radar stations, 26 ammunition depots were destroyed.

In the southern group, over 1,710 Ukrainian troops were eliminated within one week, and 11 armored vehicles were destroyed. In the northern group, within one week, the forces attacked the positions of the Ukrainian troops in Sumy and Kharkiv regions, eliminating over 1,230 Ukrainian troops, and destroying 5 tanks, 8 armored vehicles, 61 cars, 1 HIMARS rocket launcher, 31 field guns, 6 electronic warfare base stations and anti-artillery radar stations, 29 ammunition depots and warehouses.

Within one week, the Dnieper group eliminated 620 Ukrainian troops, destroying 14 field guns, 52 electronic warfare base stations, 22 ammunition depots, fuel depots, and warehouses. The achievements of the past week are very impressive.

In terms of air defense systems, the Russian air defense system has shot down 1 Su-27 fighter jet of the Ukrainian Air Force, 27 guided aerial bombs, 20 227 mm US-made rockets, 2 "Neptune" anti-ship missiles, and 2,134 fixed-wing drones.

Russian Forces on the Ukraine Battlefield

Since the outbreak of the Russia-Ukraine conflict, the Russian military has destroyed a total of 665 fixed-wing aircraft, 283 helicopters, 77,490 drones, 625 air defense missile systems, 24,584 tanks and armored vehicles, 1,586 multiple rocket launchers, 28,544 field guns and mortars, and 39,702 cars and pick-up trucks of the Ukrainian military.

In the past week, the Russian forces have launched a full-scale attack and made significant progress. In the direction of the central group, the 51st Guards Army successfully broke through the Ukrainian defenses in the Dobropillya area, occupying nearly 200 square kilometers in just over two days, advancing about 18 kilometers forward, breaking through the last line of defense of the Ukrainian forces in the northwest of Donetsk, cutting off the T0514 road from Kramatorsk to Dobropillya. The Ukrainian forces urgently mobilized a large number of reserves to block the momentum of the Russian attack towards Dobropillya.

In the direction of the Red Army City, the encirclement by the Russian forces is tightening. The Russian突击队 (assault teams) that have entered the city continue to expand, with more than 20% of the city area already occupied by the Russians. More than half of the area of Rogozhynsk was occupied by the Russians north of Red Army City, and most of the nearby Bilychne was also occupied by the Russians. The Russians cut the T0515 road between Rogozhynsk and Bilozirka, attacking westward toward Hryshyno. If Hryshyno is captured, the Russians will cut off all roads leading to Red Army City, basically completing the encirclement of Red Army City and its satellite town of Dmytrivka.

In the direction of the southern group, the encirclement of Konstantinovka on the Don River is continuously tightening. To the east, the Russian forces are about one kilometer away from Konstantinovka on the Don River. To the northeast, the Russian forces advanced westward from Chasiv Yar, being less than ten kilometers away from the road leading from Druzhkivka to Konstantinovka on the Don River. To the southeast, there was no major progress in the past week, still fighting with the Ukrainian forces at Aleksandrovka-Shtyly. To the south, the settlement of Shebelynivka south of the Klembitsky Reservoir was completely controlled by the Russians.

The Russians attacked the last settlement south of the reservoir, Klembitsky, where the Ukrainian forces were completely surrounded with no way to escape. Those who did not surrender were being eliminated continuously. Some Ukrainian soldiers tried to swim across the reservoir to the north bank, but they were eliminated by Russian drones. To the southwest, the Russian forces attacked northward from Portavka, mainly aiming to support the 51st Guards Army of the central group in surrounding the 82nd Airborne and 93rd Mechanized Brigades of the Ukrainian forces. In the direction of Seversk, a three-sided encirclement began, but there was little progress in the past week.

In the direction of the eastern group, the attacks continued in the South Donetsk area, and in the past week, Iskra and Alexandrohirsk were occupied. Only Kamysheveha remained in the hands of the Ukrainian forces in the South Donetsk area. According to the steady operational style of the eastern group, it will take another week to completely control the South Donetsk area. Currently, the eastern group has multiple directions to choose from to attack the Dnipropetrovsk or Zaporozhye areas.

Russian Forces Attacking Ukrainian Positions

In the direction of the western group, during the last two days of the past week, the Ukrainian defense lines east of Kupiansk were broken, occupying 87 square kilometers of territory, pushing forward to the eastern suburbs of Petropavlivka, forming an encircling campaign situation against Kupiansk from both east and west. This progress is of great significance. The main reason for the collapse of the front line was that a large number of Ukrainian troops in this area were transferred to Red Army City and Dobropillya to deal with the crisis. The Russians took advantage of the opportunity of the lack of strength to quickly break through. In the past week, they also attacked towards Bilychne, mainly fighting in Toretske, with limited progress.

In the direction of the Dnieper group, the offensive continued in Zaporozhye, attacking Petykopnohirske, and in the past week, they entered the southern suburbs of Petykopnohirske.

In the direction of the northern group, the past week saw fierce fighting between the Russian forces and the Ukrainian forces in the north of Sumy and Kharkiv. In the north of Kharkiv, the expansion in Volochysk continued, but there was little progress in the past week. In Sumy, the past week mainly focused on defending against the Ukrainian counterattacks. Due to the tense situation in Red Army City and Konstantinovka, the Ukrainian General Staff withdrew some forces from Sumy to reinforce, resulting in a noticeable decrease in the strength of the Ukrainian counterattack in Sumy, gradually shifting to a defensive state.

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