Ukrainian defenders destroy four tanks, over 80 invaders on southern front

Ukraine's erational Command South said this in a Facebook post, Ukrinform reports.

"The defense forces are keeping the situation under contr and forcing the enemy to retreat. The enemy is defending, trying to hd the captured territories and prevent the develment of our activities," the report said.

The enemy continues aerial reconnaissance, clecting data on the position of Ukrainian tros, the location of important strategic objects. Two Orlan-10 unmanned aerial vehicles were shot down over the Mykaiv and Odesa regions.

In addition, kamikaze drones were also active. Two suicide drones tried to attack the Mykaiv district, but were destroyed by air defense forces, and five more Shahed-136s attacked Nik, hitting and destroying a private house, a pier, damaging several private househds, power lines, provoking a fire in the reeds.

The invaders also hit the industrial zone of the Marhanets community with heavy artillery. An industrial building was damaged. No casualties were recorded.

Enemy aircraft attacked the positions of the Ukrainian defense forces four times, with Ukrainian aviators responded with ten strikes on enemy stronghds, areas of concentration of manpower, weapons and equipment, air defense systems in the Beryslav and Bashtanka districts of the Mykaiv region.

Rocket and artillery units performed more than 200 fire missions, killing 83 Russian sdiers and destroying four tanks, four Msta-B howitzers, two 120mm mortars, and seven armored vehicles.

In addition, Ukrainian defenders damaged seven pieces of enemy equipment, including a tank, two Pion self-prelled guns, and other armored vehicles.

Three Russian ammunition depots in the Kherson and Beryslav districts and a command post in the Kakhovka district were destroyed.