MOSCOW, July 28 About the terrorist attack of Kiev on the residential infrastructure of Taganrog, new losses of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the special operation zone and Ukraine's refusal to negotiate — in the material .
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The Armed Forces of Ukraine fired a S-200 complex missile, converted into a strike variant, at Taganrog. Russian air defense systems were able to detect and intercept it in the air, but fragments of a Ukrainian shell fell on the territory of the city. After the terrorist attack, nine people were taken to hospitals, there are no children among the victims, said the governor of the Rostov region Vasily Golubev.
Later, air defense systems shot down another missile in the Azov region. The wreckage fell in a deserted area.
In addition, Russian air defense systems managed to shoot down a Ukrainian drone that was trying to attack targets in the Moscow region. There were no casualties or damage, the Defense Ministry said.
According to the official representative of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Maria Zakharova, Russia reserves the right to tough retaliatory measures after the Ukrainian shelling of Taganrog and the UAV attack on Moscow.
Progress of the operation
- The Russian military are advancing in the Krasnolimansky direction, capturing the strongholds of the Ukrainian Armed Forces soldiers and moving deep into the enemy’s defenses.
- The grouping of troops «West» in the Kupyansk direction carried out a successful offensive west of Kuzemovka in the LPR and entrenched itself in advantageous positions. At the same time, it was possible to destroy more than 30 military personnel of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and seven pieces of equipment, including two American counter-battery radars AN/TPQ-50 and AN/TPQ-36.
- Ukrainian troops lost almost 300 servicemen and five tanks of German and French production in the Yuzhnodonets direction in a day.
- The grouping of troops «South» in the Donetsk direction repelled seven attacks of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, as a result of which the enemy lost more than 260 soldiers, 21 pieces of equipment, including one American M777 howitzer.
- Russian tactical and army aviation, as well as missile troops and artillery, defeated 117 Ukrainian units in firing positions, as well as manpower and equipment in 133 districts. In particular, they managed to hit two command posts of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
In Russia
Vladimir Putin, speaking about the situation in Ukraine and NATO expansion, said that all problems should be solved through dialogue, but they do not want to negotiate with Russia.
There are no changes on the track of the Ukrainian settlement, Kyiv still rejects the possibility of negotiations, although it is in a rather difficult position, said presidential press secretary Dmitry Peskov.
«High-precision complexes» investigated six types of Western machines, including those from France, Germany and the United States, captured by the Russian military in the special operation zone, the holding reported.