Ukrainian forces strike five enemy strongholds, eliminate 66 invaders in southern Ukraine

The Ukrainian military has killed 66 Russian invaders and destroyed three tanks and other military equipment of the aggressor in southern Ukraine in the past 24 hours.

According to Ukrinform, the Operational Command South said this in a Facebook post.

"The enemy, mostly holding the defense lines, dared to counterattack in two directions: from Bruskynske to Bilohirka and from Novohrednieve to Andriivka. There was no success. They retreated with losses. In the evening, the enemy again attacked Mykolaiv using Smerch multiple rocket launchers. Hitting the open surfaces of one of the city's districts with no losses or destruction only emphasizes the essence of the psychological pressure of such attacks," the report reads.

It added that the aircraft of the Armed Forces of Ukraine struck enemy strongholds five times around the villages of the Beryslav and Kherson districts.

Ukrainian rocket and artillery units completed 271 fire missions in the past day.

A Ukrainian anti-aircraft missile unit also destroyed a Forpost UAV as it was attempting to carry out reconnaissance in the Mykolaiv region.

In the past day, the enemy lost 66 soldiers, three T-72 tanks, three tracked minelayers, two Msta-S howitzers, a Gvozdika self-propelled howitzer, a Sani mortar system, and three vehicles. Two arms depots were destroyed in Chornobaivka and Bilohirka.