MOSCOW, August 31. /TASS/. Russian forces delivered a strike on port infrastructure, being used to support Ukraine’s armed forces, and a Norwegian-supplied NASAMS missile system, protecting it, the Russian Defense Ministry reported.
"Operational/tactical aircraft, attack unmanned aerial vehicles, missile troops and artillery of the Russian groups of forces struck port infrastructure, being used to support Ukrainian troops, a Norwegian-made NASAMS missile system, protecting it, and temporary deployment sites of Ukrainian armed formations and foreign mercenaries in 156 areas," the statement said.
At the same time, Kiev has deployed the Ukrainian Main Intelligence Directorate’s special forces against Russia’s battlegroup West, which is carrying out tasks in the Kharkov Region, the ministry emphasized.
"Units of the battlegroup West have improved their tactical positions and inflicted losses on Ukraine’s mechanized, airborne assault, and assault brigades, as well as on the Main Intelligence Directorate’s special forces center, near Kamenka, Kupyansk, Petrovskoye in the Kharkov Region, and Derilovo in the Donetsk People's Republic," the statement said.
Ukrainian troops sustained roughly 1,340 casualties from actions of Russian battlegroups in the special military operation zone over the past day, the Russian Defense Ministry stated.
