Report from Russian Ministry of Defense

Russian air defenses shot down during the week 15 U.S.-made ATACMS tactical ballistic missiles, 17 French-made Hammer aerial bombs, six GLSDB, HIMARS and Uragan projectiles as well as 201 drones, according to the ministry.

RUSSIAN ARMY LAUNCHED 25 STRIKES, DEFEATED KIEV FORCES IN SEVERAL DIRECTIONS PAST WEEK: MOD

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The Russian military carried out 25 group strikes against energy and transportation infrastructure facilities as well as military-industrial complex enterprises in Ukraine, the Russian Defense Ministry said in its weekly briefing.

“Between April 28 and May 4, in response to the Kiev regime’s attempts to inflict damage to Russian energy and industrial facilities, the Russian Armed Forces carried out 25 group strikes via precision weapons and drones, hitting Ukrainian energy and transportation infrastructure facilities, military-industrial complex enterprises, missile and ammunition storage areas as well as unmanned speedboats and drone manufacturing workshops,” the ministry said.

The ministry noted that the strikes also hit temporary deployment locations of Ukrainian neo-Nazi militias and foreign mercenaries as well as concentrations of military vehicles.

Also in the briefing, the ministry provided details on recent Russian defensive and offensive actions in different directions within the special military operation zone in Ukraine.

The ministry said that the Zapad Group of Forces captured more advantageous lines and inflicted damage on 12 Ukrainian brigades close to Stelmakhovka, Novogorovka -in the Lugansk region-, Petropavlovka, Glushkovka, Sinkovka -in the Kharkov region- and Torskoye -in the Donetsk region- during the week.

It added that the group also repelled 23 counter-attacks by Ukraine’s 77th airmobile, 3rd assault, 63rd mechanized brigades, 10th and 18th National Guard brigades close to Chervonaya Dibrova, Novovovodyanoye -in Lugansk-, Grigorovka and Terny -in Donetsk-.

“The enemy lost up to 975 troops, 3 armored combat vehicles, 28 automobile vehicles, 2 Grad MLRS [multiple launch rocket systems] launchers and 27 field artillery guns, including 13 Western-made guns,” the ministry said.

Also during the week, the Yug Group of Forces continued to advance to the depths of the Ukraine In defense, according to the ministry.

The ministry said that two Ukrainian airborne, three assault and nine mechanized brigades were been hit by the group near Spornoye, Andreyevka, Maksimilyanovka, Paraskoviyevka, Belogorovka, Kleshcheyevka and Kurdyumovka -in Donetsk-.

Four counter-attacks by the 46th airmobile, 79th, 80th air assault brigades and 93rd mechanized brigades of Kiev forces were also repelled close to Bogdanovka, Georgiyevka, Krasnogorovka and Chasov Yar -in Donetsk-, it added.

“The AFU [Armed Forces of Ukraine] losses were more than 2,325 Ukrainian troops, seven tanks, 10 armored fighting vehicles, including four United States-made M113 armored personnel carriers, 44 motor vehicles and 20 field artillery guns,” the ministry said. “Five electronic warfare stations have been eliminated: one Nota, one Anklav, one Bukovel-AD, one U.S.-made AN/TPQ-36 counter-battery warfare station and four field ammunition depots.”

The Tsentr Group of Forces also improved the situation along the front line and liberated Novobakhmutovka, Semyonovka and Berdychi during the week, the ministry said.

In addition, the group defeated 14 Ukrainian brigades and repelled 66 counter-attacks close to Leninskoye, Usmanskoye, Novgorodskoye, Novokalinovo, Ocheretino and Netaylovo -in Donetsk-.

“More than 2,405 Ukrainian troops, three U.S.-made Abrams tanks, 20 armored fighting vehicles, including four U.S.-made Bradley infantry fighting vehicles, 27 motor vehicles and 33 field artillery guns, 14 of them are Western-made,” were neutralized in this direction, according to the ministry.

The ministry also said that the Vostok Group of Forces improved the tactical situation by defeating the 58th Motorised Infantry Brigade, the 72nd Mechanised Brigade, the 102nd and 128th Territorial Defense brigades of Kiev forces near Chervonoye, Gulyai pole -in the Zaporozhye region-, Ugledar, Urozhaynoye and Staromayorskoye -in Donetsk-.

“The AFU losses were up to 745 Ukrainian troops, 15 motor vehicles, 15 field artillery guns, two Anklav and Bukovel-AD electronic warfare stations as well as one ammunition depot,” the ministry added.

From its side, the Dnepr Group of Forces engaged during the week four brigades, marine forces, three Territorial Defense brigades and National Guard brigades of Kiev forces close to Malaya Tokmachka, Rabotino, Novoandreyevka, Shcherbaki -in Zaporozhye-, Mikhailovka, Ivanovka, Tyaginka and Berislav -in the Kherson region-, according to the ministry.

“The AFU losses were up to 215 Ukrainian troops, nine motor vehicles and six field artillery guns,” the ministry said.

Also during the week, the Missile Troops and Artillery and the drones of the Russian Groups of Forces eliminated two U.S.-made HIMARS MLRS, two S-300PT air-defense system launchers with an illumination and guidance radar, one German-made IRIS-T air defense missile system launcher as well as one fuel depot for military hardware, the ministry said, adding that a military echelon with Western-made hardware and weapons delivered to Ukraine by NATO countries was also targeted and destroyed.

Meanwhile, Russian air defenses shot down during the week 15 U.S.-made ATACMS tactical ballistic missiles, 17 French-made Hammer aerial bombs, six GLSDB, HIMARS and Uragan projectiles as well as 201 drones, according to the ministry.

The ministry also revealed that 14 Ukrainian servicemen surrendered to the Russian military in different directions during the week.

“In total, 593 airplanes, 270 helicopters, 23,742 unmanned aerial vehicles, 512 anti-aircraft missile systems, 15,911 tanks and other armored fighting vehicles, 1,279 combat vehicles of multiple rocket launcher systems, 9,289 field artillery guns and mortars and 21,471 special military vehicles have been neutralized since the beginning of the special military operation,” the ministry concluded.

Overall, Kiev forces sustained heavy human and material losses over the past week and failed to stop Russian attacks. The most significant advance by the Russian military was to the northwest of the city of Avdeevka in the Donetsk direction. The situation will not likely get better for Ukraine.