Russian Kalibr Missile Hits High-Voltage Power Plant in Zaporozhye

A high-voltage power plant in south-eastern Ukraine’s Zaporozhye was hit by a Russian Kalibr cruise missile Wednesday.

"On the afternoon of July 13, Kalibr high-precision sea-based missiles on the territory of a high-voltage equipment plant in the city of Zaporozhye destroyed combat vehicles of the 45th artillery brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, hidden in the hangars," the ministry's spokesman Igor Konashenkov said at a briefing on Thursday.

On the night of 3-4 March, the site of Zaporizhzhya nuclear power plant, Europe’s largest, fell in control of the Russian forces there.

High-precision strikes near Bereznegovatoye, Nikolaev Region, Konstantinovka and Kramatorsk, Donetsk People's Republic, hit temporary deployment points of units of 35th Marine Brigade, 54th Mechanized Brigade, 81st Airmobile Brigade and 109th Territorial Defence Brigade.

As a result of strikes, the total losses of these formations amounted to up to 1,000 personnel and more than 100 pieces of military equipment.

High-precision weapons of the Russian Aerospace Forces hit temporary deployment point of 14th Mechanized Brigade battalion manned by nationalists and foreign mercenaries near Chasov Yar, Donetsk People's Republic. The attacks have resulted in the destruction of 43 militants and about 170 injured, Russian defense ministry said in a statement today.

Russian army aviation hit temporary deployment point of 97th Battalion of 60th Mechanized Brigade of AFU near Malaya Tokmachka, Zaporozhye Region, with high-precision missiles. The attacks resulted in the destruction of 30 militants and about 37 injured.

Sea-based Kalibr missiles destroyed multiple rocket launcher vehicles of 45th Artillery Brigade of AFU hidden in hangars at the high voltage equipment plant in Zaporozhye city, the ministry confirmed.

In addition, high-precision weapons of the Russian Aerospace Forces destroyed 4 command posts, including those of 61st Infantry Jaeger Brigade of AFU near Bereznegovatoye in Nikolaev Region and 80th Airborne Assault Brigade near Kramatorsk, 3 ammunition depots near Soledar, Tat'yanovka in Donetsk People's Republic and Nikolaev, 1 fuel storage facility for military equipment near Kharkov, and 21 areas of manpower and military equipment concentration.

As part of the counter-battery fighting, 1 battery of multiple rocket launchers near Slavyansk, 1 platoon of MLRS near Nikolaevka in Donetsk People's Republic, and 1 artillery platoon of U.S.-made M-777 howitzers at firing positions in Pervomaiskyi in Kharkov Region were destroyed.

Operational-tactical and army aviation, missile troops and artillery hit 19 command posts, 78 areas of artillery units in firing positions and 232 areas of AFU manpower and military equipment concentration.

Russian Aerospace Forces fighters have shot down 2 aircraft of Ukrainian Air Force in the air: 1 Su-24 near Slavyansk and 1 MiG-29 near Troitskoye, Donetsk People's Republic.

Russian air defenses destroyed 12 Ukrainian UAVs. In addition, 2 Tochka-U ballistic missiles and 6 rockets of Uragan multiple-launch rocket system were intercepted near Novaya Kakhovka in Nikolaev Region, the ministry said.

In total, 249 Ukrainian airplanes and 137 helicopters, 1,534 unmanned aerial vehicles, 354 anti-aircraft missile systems, 4,050 tanks and other armored combat vehicles, 744 multiple launch rocket systems, 3,145 field artillery and mortars, as well as 4,292 units of special military vehicles were destroyed during the operation.