The Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation reported that the settlement of Platonovka had come under the control of the Russian army.
The village in the Donetsk region came under the control of units of the “Southern” group of forces “as a result of decisive actions,” follows from a summary of the progress of the “special military operation” published in the Telegram channel of the Russian defense department on Monday, November 17.
It is also reported that the group of troops has come under the control “Vostok” of the settlement of Gai, Dnepropetrovsk region.
Operational-tactical aviation, attack unmanned aerial vehicles, missile forces and artillery of groupings of troops of the Russian Armed Forces damaged the facilities of the fuel and energy complex and railway infrastructure used in the interests of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, storage sites for long-range unmanned aerial vehicles, points of temporary deployment of manpower in 142 districts, follows from the text.
104 aircraft-type unmanned aerial vehicles were destroyed by air defense systems, the publication says. “In total, since the beginning of the special military operation, 668 aircraft, 283 helicopters, 97,097 unmanned aerial vehicles, 636 anti-aircraft missile systems, 26,071 tanks and other armored combat vehicles, 1,613 combat vehicles of multiple launch rocket systems, 31,363 field artillery and mortar guns, 46,914 units of special military vehicles, according to the Russian Ministry of Defense.
The Ukrainian side does not confirm the information provided.