Olha Hlushchenko – Friday, August 19, 2022 at 1:40 am
The Ukrainian Air Force has attacked a concentration of Russian forces in the south.
Source: Task Force Pivden (South)
Quote: “Our units have carried out offensive actions twice in the last 24 hours to take control of new settlements. In one of the attacks we encountered two air attack units.”
Details: In the course of the counterattack, the Russian military suffered fire damage and, with the loss of tanks, armored vehicles and military personnel, had to retreat to their original positions. Two Russian POWs supplemented the Ukrainian POW Exchange Fund.
In response, the Russian military attempted an attack on the Oleksandrivka-Stanislav axis with a mechanized squad. They failed and retired with losses.
Seven times the aggressors’ air force attacked Ukrainian positions and settlements along the line of contact. There were no casualties for the Ukrainians.
Russian Smerch MLRS fired on the Mykolaiv region during the day. Several residential buildings were damaged in Halitsynove, a fire station and fire engine were destroyed and a civilian was injured. Port infrastructure facilities in Mykolaiv itself were attacked again. No casualties were reported.
The Ukrainian Air Force conducted four airstrikes on concentrations of Russian manpower, weapons and equipment in the Bashtanka and Beryslav districts.
Ukrainian missile and artillery units conducted over 200 fire sorties.
In the course of these missions, they also interfered with Russian plans to repair and continue using the Kakhovka Bridge.
Confirmed Russian losses currently amount to 73 invaders, 3 tanks, 4 launch platforms and 1 radar station of the S-300 air defense system, 5 armored and motorized vehicles and 1 ammunition depot. Final Russian casualties are noted.
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