Ukrainian forces destroy two Russian artillery systems and one rocket launcher on southern front
Фото: Вікіпедія
Ukrainian soldiers destroyed the Russian multiple-rocket launching system TOS-1A "Solntsepyok" and two self-propelled howitzers 2C19 "Msta-S" on the southern front.
Rubryka reports, citing the commander of the Tavria operational-strategic group, Oleksandr Tarnavskyi, that the Russian forces inflicted three airstrikes, conducted 58 combat engagements, and carried out 944 artillery barrages against Ukrainian positions.
Ukrainian soldiers are firmly holding the defense near Avdiivka. The Russian offensive actions in the areas of Stepove, Avdiivka, Tonenke, Krasnohorivka, Maryinka, and Staromaiorske in the Donetsk region and Chervone, Robotyne, and northwestern Verbove in the Zaporizhzhia region were unsuccessful.
The offensive operation of the Armed Forces of Ukraine continues in the Melitopol axis. Units of rocket and artillery forces from the Tavria air defense grouping carried out 1,322 fire missions during the past day. The total losses of the Russian army amounted to 583 people.
Ukrainian fighters also destroyed 31 units of Russian military equipment, including one tank, four armored medical vehicles, seven artillery systems, one MRLS, 11 UAVs, six cars, and one unit of special equipment.
Background
"Solntsepyok" is a heavy flamethrower system, a Soviet Russian weapon system designed to disable light armored vehicles, set fire to and destroy buildings and structures with a volume explosion, as well as destroy enemy troops located in open terrain and fortifications. Destruction occurs by exposing the target to high temperatures, fragments, shock waves, and excess pressure, which is created during the mass use of unguided rockets in thermobaric and smoke-incendiary equipment.
It was reported that the Russian occupiers tried to storm the Ukrainian paratroopers in the Tavria direction under the cover of fog. They failed and also lost military equipment.
Ukrainian troops continue their assault operations south of Bakhmut in the Donetsk region and conduct an offensive operation in the Melitopol direction.
Ukrainian troops maintained their positions on the eastern (left) bank of the Kherson region and expanded their control over their positions north of Podstepne.
Russia's losses in the war in Ukraine as of Tuesday, November 7, amounted to 890 occupiers. The total number of losses of the Russian army since the beginning of the invasion is 306,860 soldiers.
