The Russian military took control of Yakovlevka in the DPR

MOSCOW, Dec 18 DPR, the Ministry of Defense reported.

«In the Donetsk direction, as a result of the offensive actions of Russian units, the settlement of Yakovlevka of the Donetsk People's Republic was taken under control,» the department noted. Ukrainian army.

In addition, in the Donetsk direction, it was possible to repel enemy counterattacks in the areas of Podgorodny, Kleshchievka and Kurdyumovka.

Losses of the Armed Forces of Ukraine amounted to: more than 40 military personnel;

—two armored fighting vehicles;

—three vehicles.

Krasnolimansk directionRussian artillery also defeated the reserves of the Ukrainian army in the area of ​​Stelmakhovka in the LPR. In addition, it was possible to stop the attempts of the assault groups of the Armed Forces of Ukraine to conduct reconnaissance in combat in the direction of Golikovo and Kremennaya.

The losses of the enemy were:

• — about 60 soldiers killed and wounded;
• —one tank;
• —two pickup trucks.

Yuzhnodonetsk directionIn the Yuzhnodonetsk direction, Russian units defeated accumulations of enemy manpower and military equipment in the areas of Shevchenko and Dorozhnyanka in the Zaporozhye region. Near Novomikhailovka and Vladimirovka in the DPR, as well as Novoselivka in the Zaporozhye region, three Ukrainian sabotage and reconnaissance groups were eliminated. In addition, a repair and evacuation group of the Armed Forces of Ukraine was destroyed in the Vremevka area in the Donetsk People's Republic.
The losses of the enemy amounted to: and wounded;

—armored combat vehicle;

—tank tractor.

In addition, Russian troops destroyed up to 25 Ukrainian soldiers, as well as an armored personnel carrier and two vehicles in the Kupyansk direction.

Artillery, aviation and missile troops hit the control post in a day 113th Territorial Defense Brigade near Krasny Liman in the DPR, as well as 109 artillery units in firing positions, manpower and military equipment in 144 districts. In addition, an American AN/TPQ-36 counter-battery radar was destroyed near Konstantinovka in the Donetsk People's Republic.
Russia launched a military operation in Ukraine on 24 February. President Vladimir Putin called its goal «the protection of people who have been subjected to bullying and genocide by the Kyiv regime for eight years.» For this, as the head of state stated, it is planned to carry out the demilitarization and denazification of Ukraine, to bring to justice all war criminals responsible for the «bloody crimes against civilians» of the DPR and LPR.