Russian forces have liberated the settlement of Zolotaya Niva in the Donetsk People’s Republic as a result of well-coordinated operations, according to the Russian defense ministry.
Over the week, Russian forces have also inflicted damage on manpower and military hardware of two mechanized brigades, a motorized infantry brigade, four territorial defense brigades and a National Guard brigade. In total, more than 40 Ukrainian soldiers surrendered to Russian troops over the week.
Russian air defense forces have also managed to destroy a number of Ukrainian weapons and equipment, including 603 fixed-wing unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), 33 rockets of the US-made HIMARS multiple launch rocket system and three American ATACMS missiles over the week.
Overall, since the start of the special military operation, Russian forces have destroyed 646 Ukrainian warplanes, 283 helicopters, 33,419 unmanned aerial vehicles, 582 surface-to-air missile systems, 18,607 tanks and other armored combat vehicles, 1,470 multiple rocket launchers, 15,988 field artillery guns and mortars and 27,145 special military motor vehicles.