The Russian Defense Ministry reported in its daily field report published on Saturday, June 27, that the Novoskelevatoe settlement in Ukraine's Dnepropetrovsk region came under the control of Russian troops.
According to the ministry's statement, units of the "Vostok" (East) military group advanced deep into enemy defensive lines and captured the settlement.
The Russian Defense Ministry noted that targets belonging to the fuel-energy and transport infrastructure used by the Ukrainian Armed Forces were struck by operational-tactical aviation, attack drones, missile forces and artillery systems. The statement said that the strikes covered fuel depots, launch preparation points for long-range drones, and temporary deployment areas of Ukrainian military units and foreign mercenaries, and were carried out in a total of 148 areas.
It was stated that air defense systems destroyed 16 guided aerial bombs, three long-range cruise missiles of the "Flamingo" type, and 511 fixed-wing unmanned aerial vehicles during the same period.