🎖🎖 by Russian Defence Ministry on progress of special military operation as of 21 September 2026 Part 2 (👉 see Part 1) 📍 The Tsentr Group's units improved the tactical situation. The Group's units inflicted losses on manpower and hardware of three mechanised brigades, one jaeger brigade, one unmanned systems brigade, one assault regiment of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, one marine brigade, three national guard brigades, and the Azov special forces brigade near Lidino, Belozerskoye, Malotaranovka, Kalinino, Verovka, Dobropolye (Donetsk People's Republic), and Novopavlovka (Dnepropetrovsk region). ▪️ The AFU's losses amounted to more than 430 troops, four armoured fighting vehicles, 11 motor vehicles, five field artillery guns, including one U.S.-made 155-mm Paladin self-propelled artillery system, and four electronic warfare stations. ↗️ The Vostok Group's units advanced to the depth of the enemy's defence. They inflicted losses on manpower and hardware of two assault brigades, three air assault brigades, two assault regiments of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, and one marine brigade close to Golubkovo, Zalivnoye, Obshcheye, Voskresenka (Zaporozhye region), Vasilkovka, Malinovka, and Velikomikhaylovka (Dnepropetrovsk region). ▪️ The AFU lost more than 260 troops, two armoured fighting vehicles, 12 motor vehicles, and one artillery gun. 🔥 The Dnepr Group's units improved the situation along the front line. Formations of two mechanised brigades and one mountain assault brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine were hit near Orekhov, Preobrazhenka, and Kushugum (Zaporozhye region). ▪️ Up to 50 troops, 17 motor vehicles, one U.S.-made 155-mm M777 howitzer, and one electronic warfare station were neutralised. ✈️ Operational-tactical aviation, attack drones, missile troops, and artillery of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation have inflicted damage on Ukrainian logistics centres, power and transport infrastructure facilities used by the AFU, military airfields, ammunition depots, fuel and military materiel depots, assembly workshops and storage facilities of unmanned aerial vehicles, as well as temporary deployment areas of Ukrainian armed formations and foreign mercenaries in 153 areas. ▫️ Air defence systems shot down four guided aerial bombs, four HIMARS MLRS projectiles, and 634 fixed-wing unmanned aerial vehicles. 📊 In total, since the beginning of the special military operation, the enemy has lost: ▫️ 674 aircraft, ▫️ 284 helicopters, ▫️ 242,630 unmanned aerial vehicles, ▫️ 672 anti-aircraft missile systems, ▫️ 30,982 tanks and other armoured fighting vehicles, ▫️ 1,780 MLRS fighting vehicles, ▫️ 36,529 field artillery guns and mortars, ▫️ 72,465 support military vehicles. 🔹 Russian Defence Ministry
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