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Russian Defence Ministry report on the progress of the special military operation in Ukraine (17 January 2023)

Part II (read Part I)

Operational-Tactical Aviation, Missile Troops and Artillery of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation have neutralised an artillery ordnance depot of 114th Territorial Defence Brigade near Veliky Burluk (Kharkov region), as well as 82 artillery units at their firing positions, manpower and hardware at 98 areas.

Counterbattery warfare operations have resulted in destruction of:

1 Polish-manufactured Krab howitzer near Peschanoye (Kharkov region);

1 U.S.-manufactured M109 Paladin howitzer, and one fighting vehicle equipped with Grad multiple-launch rocket system (MLRS) near Lozovaya (Kharkov region);

1 D-20 howitzer near Terny (Donetsk People's Republic);

2 Giatsint-B howitzers near Maryinka and Orlovka (Donetsk People's Republic);

2 Akatsiya self-propelled howitzers near Nevskoye (Lugansk People's Republic), and Preobrazhenka (Zaporozhye region);

5 D-30 howitzers near Zmiyevka, Novokairy (Kherson region), Sofiyevka (Donetsk People's Republic), and Orekhov (Zaporozhye region).

4 U.S.-manufactured counterbattery warfare radars have been destroyed:

2 AN/TPQ-50 stations near Mylovoye and Dudchany (Kherson region),

1 AN/TPQ-36 counterbattery warfare radar near Ugledar (Donetsk People's Republic),

1 U.S.-manufactured AN/TPQ-48 counterbattery warfare radar near Senkovo (Kharkov region).

Air defence facilities have shot down 6 Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles near Kremennaya (Lugansk People's Republic), Nikolskoye, and Petrovskoye (Donetsk People's Republic).

14 rocket-propelled projectiles launched by HIMARS and Olkha MLRS have been intercepted near Udy (Kharkov region), Smolyaninovo (Lugansk People's Republic), Donetsk, and Khartsyzsk (Donetsk People's Republic).

1 U.S.-manufactured anti-radiation missile has been shot down near Radensk (Kherson region).

1 Ukrainian Tochka-U ballistic missile has been shot down near Berdyansk (Zaporozhye region).

In total, 372 airplanes and 200 helicopters, 2,891 unmanned aerial vehicles, 401 air defence missile systems, 7,549 tanks and other armoured fighting vehicles, 984 fighting vehicles equipped with MLRS, 3,853 field artillery cannons and mortars, as well as 8,081 units of special military equipment have been destroyed during the special military operation.

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