October 5, 2022,The Special Military Operation in Ukraine Briefing by Russian Defense Ministry

💥 Missile attacks launched at the forward echelon and reserve forces of 92nd Mechanised Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU) deployed near Shipovatoye, Shevchenkovo and Petrovka (Kharkov region) at Kupyansk direction have resulted in the elimination of up to 100 servicemen and 13 units of military equipment. ◽️ Operations near Pershotravnevoye and Orlyanskoye (Kharkov region) have resulted in causing casualties of 15 servicemen killed and up to 40 wounded. ◽️ 7 armoured combat vehicles and 5 pickups with large-calibre machine guns from 14th Mechanised Brigade of the AFU have been destroyed. 💥 Massive fire attack has been launched at the manpower and equipment of 93rd Mechanised Brigade of the AFU near Druzhelyubovka (Kharkov region) and Redkodub (Donetsk People’s Republic). ◽️ The attacks have resulted in the elimination of over 90 Ukrainian servicemen and 7 armoured vehicles. ◽️ Moreover, artillery fire attack has resulted in the elimination of 2 Ukrainian sabotage groups formed by a total of 21 militants near Yampolovka and Torskoye. 💥 Fire attack launched at the positions of 54th Mechanised, 80th Airborne Assault and 10th Mountain Assault brigades of the AFU near Belogorovka, Spornoye and Yakovlevka has resulted in the elimination of up to 70 militants, 1 tank, 3 armoured combat vehicles and 6 pickups with large-calibre machine guns at Lisichansk direction. 💥 Missile attack launched at the units from 102nd Territorial Defence Brigade near Rovnopolye (Zaporozhye region) has resulted in the elimination of up to 30 militants and 7 motor vehicles. ◽️ Units of Russian forces maintain their positions at Andreyevka-Krivoy Rog direction repelling superior enemy forces’ attacks. Operations near Novaya Kamenka (Kherson region) have resulted in the elimination of up to 30 nationalists, 2 tanks and 4 infantry combat vehicles of the AFU. 💥 Massive fire attacks launched by Russian Aerospace Forces at the units from 35th Marine Brigade of the AFU near Davydov Brod and 128th Mountain Assault Brigade of the AFU near Dudchany (Kherson region) has resulted in the elimination of over 120 servicemen, 2 tanks and 8 armoured combat vehicles. ◽️ The enemy has lost a total of over 230 personnel, 4 tanks, 18 armoured combat vehicles, 2 Gvozdika self-propelled howitzers, 2 mortars and 20 motor vehicles at Nikolayev-Krivoy Rog direction. 💥 Operational-tactical and army aviation, missile troops and artillery have neutralised 10 AFU command posts near Kupyansk (Kharkov region), Blagodatovka and Belogorka (Kherson region), Kalinovka and Murakhovka (Nikolayev region), Novy Komar, Krasnogorovka and Druzhkovka (Donetsk People’s Republic), the provisional bases of 57th Mechanised Infantry Brigade of the AFU near Kalinindorf (Kherson region), as well as the units of foreign mercenaries and nationalist groups near Konstantinovka (Donetsk People’s Republic) and Kharkov. ◽️ 6 missile, artillery armament and munitions depots have been destroyed near Andreyevka and Vishnyovoye (Zaporozhye region), Belokuzminovka (Donetsk People’s Republic) and Novoaleksandrovka (Nikolayev region). 💥 Launch of Iskander high-precision operational-tactical missile at Voznesensk military airfield has resulted in the elimination of a hangar with Bayraktar TB-2 unmanned aerial vehicles in Nikolayev region. ◽️ 1 (AN/TPQ-36) counter-battery warfare radar has been destroyed near Murakhovka (Nikolayev region). 💥 Fighter aviation of Russian Aerospace Forces has shot down 1 MiG-29 of Ukrainian Air Force near Novovladimirovka (Nikolayev region). 💥 Air defence facilities have destroyed 6 unmanned aerial vehicles near Grakovo (Kharkov region), Novochervonoye (Lugansk People’s Republic), Statomayorskoye, Urozhaynoye and Dokuchayevsk (Donetsk People’s Republic). ◽️ Moreover, 15 projectiles launched by HIMARS multiple launch rocket systems (MLRS) have been destroyed in air near Korobki, Vesyoloye, Antonovka, Novaya Kakhovka, Tokarevka and Rakovka (Kherson region), 1 projectile launched by Olkha MLRS near Novaya Kakhovka and 2 HARM anti-radar missiles near Antonovka (Kherson region). 📊 In total, 313 airplanes and 157 helicopters, 2,151 unmanned aerial vehicles, 379 air defence missile systems, 5,376 tanks and other armoured combat vehicles, 861 combat vehicles equipped with MLRS, 3,449 field artillery cannons and mortars, as well as 6,277 units of special military vehicles have been destroyed during the special military operation. ⚠️ Kiev regime continued launching attacks at Zaporozhye nuclear power plant. ◽️ Over the past 24 hours, AFU artillery has launched over 43 projectiles at the northern suburb of Energodar and the territory adjacent to the nuclear power plant. ◽️ The attacks were launched from AFU-controlled Marganets (Dnepropetrovsk region). ❗️ The radiation environment at the nuclear power plant r