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Russia Hits Ukraine's Defense and Energy With Massive Kinzhal Strike in Retaliation

Sputnik News

20251114

The Russian Defense Ministry has provided the latest updates on this week's progress of the special military operation.

The Russian armed forces have launched a massive strike, including with Kinzhal missiles, against Ukrainian defense industry and energy facilities in response to Kiev's attacks, the Russian Defense Ministry said on Friday.

Russia's Tsentr battlegroup has eliminated more than 3,360 Ukrainian military personnel over the past week, the ministry also stated.

"Over the past week, in the area of ​​responsibility of the Tsentr group of forces, the losses of Ukrainian armed forces amounted to over 3,360 servicepeople, three tanks, 45 combat armored vehicles, 43 cars, 11 field artillery pieces, and three electronic warfare stations," the ministry said in a statement.

Russia's Vostok battlegroup has eliminated up to 1,665 Ukrainian soldiers and the Zapad battlegroup has eliminated over 1,530 Ukrainian soldiers, the statement read.

Russia's Vostok battlegroup took control of the settlement of Orestopol in the Dnepropetrovsk region, the ministry also said.

"Over the past week, units of the Vostok group of forces continued to advance deep into the enemy's defenses and completed the liberation of the village of Orestopol in the Dnepropetrovsk region," the ministry said in a statement.

Russian armed forces eliminated over 1,670 Ukrainian military personnel in the area of Krasnoarmeysk (Pokrovsk) and Dimitrov settlements in the Donetsk People's Republic in past week, the ministry said.

"Over the past week, in the areas of the settlements of Krasnoarmeysk and Dimitrov of the Donetsk People's Republic, the Ukrainian armed forces lost over 1,670 servicepeople, three tanks, 34 armored fighting vehicles, 31 vehicles, and six field artillery pieces," the ministry said in a statement.

Russia's Tsentr battlegroup cleared the settlement of Rog in the Donetsk People's Republic and took control of 49 buildings in Dimitrov, the ministry added.

"Over the past week, in the area of ​​the settlement of Kupyansk in the Kharkov region, the enemy lost more than 365 servicemen and 25 armored fighting vehicles," the statement read.

Over the past day, Russian military personnel have thwarted three Ukrainian attacks in the Kharkov region, which Ukrainian troops were attempting to use to reach the Oskol River, the ministry added.

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