Russia said it shot down helicopters and killed hundreds of Ukrainian soldiers on the front lines

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Russian air defense forces shot down a Mi-8 helicopter and destroyed a series of Ukrainian military equipment in many areas.

"Russian air defense forces shot down a Mi-8 helicopter of the Ukrainian Air Force near the settlement of Dzerzhinsk in the Donetsk People's Republic (self-proclaimed). In Kherson Oblast, Russia shot down 21 rockets of HIMARS systems. and Olkha, and four HARM anti-radar missiles in the settlements of Novaya Kakhovka and the Antonovka bridge," Russian Defense Ministry spokesman Igor Konashenkov said on October 7.

According to Konashenkov, Russian air defense systems also "destroyed four drones over the settlements of Maltsevka in the Kharkov Oblast, Ivanovka in the Donetsk People's Republic (self-proclaimed), Priyutnoye and Energodar in the Zaporizhzhia Oblast." .

The Russian Defense Ministry spokesman also confirmed that Russian forces of warplanes, missiles and artillery destroyed six command posts of the Ukrainian army in the past 24 hours.

"Air strikes by warplanes, rockets and artillery destroyed six Ukrainian army command posts, 53 artillery units at firing positions, troops and military equipment in the area. 162 regions," Konashenkov added.

In addition, Russian airstrikes also wiped out two ammunition depots, missiles and artillery of the 56th motorized brigade of the Ukrainian army in the area of ​​​​the city of Zaporizhzhia. Russian forces also prevented the advance of the Ukrainian army in the city of Lyman in the self-proclaimed Donetsk People's Republic, removing more than 30 Ukrainian soldiers from the battle. President Volodymyr Zelensky last week announced the liberation of Lyman after Ukrainian military forces entered this strategic eastern city.

"In Lyman, the Russian army eliminated more than 30 Ukrainian soldiers, 2 infantry fighting vehicles, 5 armored vehicles and 5 pickup trucks when Ukrainian army units tried to cross the Zherebets River. Counter-attack operations. of the enemy in that direction has been stopped," a spokesman for the Russian Defense Ministry announced.

Konashenkov stated that two Ukrainian battalions were unsuccessful in their attempt to enter the Kupyansk region in Kharkov and that Russian forces repelled all Ukrainian attacks. As a result, Russian forces killed more than 80 Ukrainian soldiers.

"They also destroyed five German tanks, four infantry fighting vehicles, 10 motor vehicles and a self-propelled artillery system," Konashenkov added.

Konashenkov confirmed that the Ukrainian army lost more than 300 soldiers in the Nikolayev-Krivoi Rog area in the past day. In addition, 7 tanks, 13 armored fighting vehicles and 17 motor vehicles were destroyed in the direction of Nikolayev-Krivoi Rog.

The Russian Air Force also carried out attacks against three Ukrainian army brigades in the self-proclaimed Donetsk People's Republic, removing more than 100 fighters from the battle.

According to the spokesman of the Russian Defense Ministry, in total, the Russian armed forces destroyed 315 combat aircraft, 158 helicopters, 2,164 drones, 379 surface-to-air missile systems, 5,448 tanks and other armored fighting vehicles, 862 rocket launchers, 3,453 field artillery and mortars, and 6,360 special military vehicles since the beginning of the special military operation in Ukraine.

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