The Russian Armed Forces have taken control of the settlement of Chervonoe in southern Ukraine’s Zaporizhia region over the past 24 hours, TASS reported, citing the Russian Defense Ministry.
“Units of the “East” army group continued to advance into the enemy’s defense depth, liberating the settlement of Chervonoe in the Zaporizhia region […] and opening another road to the city of Gulyaipole, pressing the enemy into a critical situation“, the ministry announced.
The ministry added that over the past 24 hours, Russian troops have struck transport and energy infrastructure facilities used in the interests of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, as well as a workshop for assembling long-range unmanned aerial vehicles. It is also reported that during the same period, Russian air defenses shot down 251 Ukrainian aircraft-type drones.
“A total of 100,082 drones have been destroyed since the beginning of the Special Military Operation,“ the Defense Ministry said.
At the same time, Russia's Black Sea Fleet destroyed two Ukrainian unmanned boats, the ministry reported.