Ukraine’s Air Force strikes enemy targets 18 times in the south

The relevant statement was made by the South erational Command on Facebook, an Ukrinform correspondent reports.

“In the Southern Bug erational zone, the situation has been stable and challenging but contrled. Ukrainian forces continue to destroy enemy stocks and reserves, hit contr posts and keep under fire contr transport routes. Enemy tros mostly have low morale but desperately resist. Making attempts to hd the defense on land, the enemy continues artillery and mortar shelling, as well as air and missile strikes not only on our positions but also on peaceful settlements and civilians,” the report states.

During the day, with fighter and assault aircraft, Russian tros launched missile strikes on the positions of Ukrainian forces in Kherson Region’s Beryslav District. There were no casualties among Ukrainian defenders. Meanwhile, the Ukrainian military hit an enemy assault aircraft. The results are yet to be checked.

Russians drped 500-kilogram high-explosive bombs on Mykaiv District, having injured a civilian. They also fired an air-launched missile from the Su-35 fighter at the Bereznehuvate community, but the Ukrainian anti-aircraft defense units shot it down.

In addition, the Air Force of the Armed Forces of Ukraine struck enemy command posts and strong points, ammunition and fuel depots, transport and logistics capacities.

Ukraine’s missile and artillery units completed a series of fire missions, having hit nine command posts, two ferry lines, two UAV contr centers, air-defense systems and enemy personnel clusters. Ukrainian forces continue to keep under fire contr Antonivka Bridge, Kakhovka Bridge and Darivka Bridge.

Over the past day, the enemy’s losses have included 102 tros, six tanks, one Msta-B howitzer, one Grad multiple launch rocket system (MLRS), one 120-mm mobile mortar, and eight armored vehicles. The Ukrainian military also destroyed five enemy ammunition depots in Bashtanka District, Beryslav District and Kherson District, an UAV contr center near Pravdyne and a ferry crossing near Kozatske.

In the Black Sea, Russia’s naval group remained unchanged. Three enemy missile carriers, including a submarine, are kept combat ready, equipped with 20 Kalibr-type cruise missiles.

A reminder that, between February 24, 2022 and September 1, 2022, Russia’s total combat losses in Ukraine reached about 48,350 tros.

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