Ukrainian soldiers recently destroyed an enemy attack and reconnaissance helicopter Ka-52, four Shahed-type attack UAVs and a Zala-type reconnaissance unmanned aerial vehicle.

The General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine said this in a morning update on its official Facebook account.

The report said, "In the last 24 hours, our soldiers destroyed an enemy Ka-52 attack helicopter. Thus, the Russian budget lost another 16 million in exchange for US dollars."

Ukrainian rocket forces and artillery units hit three enemy command points, four clusters of weapons and military equipment, an ammunition depot, two artillery units in firing positions and three other important targets.

The Ukrainian Air Force has carried out 15 attacks on areas where enemy personnel and military equipment are located, including three attacks targeting anti-aircraft missile systems.

As reported, Russian forces are focusing their main efforts on the directions of Kupiansk, Lyman, Bakhmut, Avdiivka and Maryinka, where there have been 26 clashes in the last 24 hours.

The information that was in the report during the day was also given, the information was as follows. 

During the day, the Air Force affiliated to the Defense Forces carried out 15 attacks, 3 of which were anti-aircraft missile systems, on areas where enemy personnel and military equipment were concentrated.

Also, the other day, our soldiers destroyed an enemy attack and reconnaissance helicopter Ka-52, a "Shahed" type 4 attack UAV and a "Zala" type 1 reconnaissance unmanned aerial vehicle.

Missile forces and artillery units hit 3 checkpoints, 4 weapons and military equipment concentration areas, 1 ammunition depot, 2 artillery units in firing positions and 3 more important enemy targets.

In addition, the head of the Russian mercenary group Wagner also commented on the situation, we are in a position to lose Russia, he said. 

The founder of the Wagner mercenary group warned that Russia's elite must get serious about the war in Ukraine, otherwise it could lose and face a revolution.

Yevgeny Prigozhin said in an interview with the Telegram channel that Ukraine will try to besiege Bakhmut and attack Crimea, which Russia illegally annexed in 2014.

"Most likely, this scenario will not be good for Russia, so we need to prepare for a tough war," he said.

"We are in a position to lose Russia - that's the main problem... We need to impose Martial Law." 

Mr Prigozhin said that his political opinion was dominated by love of the motherland and service to Vladimir Putin.

He said that while the children of ordinary Russians are dying on the front line, Russia's elite is protecting their own children from war, which he said could trigger turmoil in Russia. 

The Wagner Group was heavily involved in the clashes in Bakhmut. Mr Prigozhin had earlier threatened to withdraw his forces from the city and accused Russia's military command of leaving the group without ammunition. 

Aid to Ukraine from the world is continuing, on Tuesday the German government announced the transfer of another package of military assistance to Ukraine. 

Germany has sent an aerial surveillance radar TRML-4D, two bridge laying BEAVER tanks, three mobile and protected demining systems, 54 reconnaissance VECTOR aircraft, eight frequency December extensions for anti-unmanned aerial vehicle devices and a communication electronic scanner/jammer system.

In addition, the German authorities delivered six border protection vehicles, two 8x6 cargo transport trucks, five truck tow trains, 34 pickup trucks and eight truck Zetros to Ukraine.

Also in a statement made today, Ukraine's Ambassador to Germany Oleksii Makeiev announced that 110 Leopard 1A5 tanks had been taken over. The Ukrainian ambassador attached a photo of one of the tanks and a video with it.

Reportedly, during a visit to Kiev in February, German Defense Minister Boris Pistorius promised that Ukraine would receive more than 100 battle tanks of the older version of the Leopard 1A5 from a group of European countries.

Moscow warns it will react 'extremely harshly' to new attacks on its territory
The Russian defense minister said that Moscow will react "extremely harshly" to new attacks by fighters entering its territory from Ukraine.

"We will continue to respond immediately and extremely harshly to such actions by Ukrainian militants," Sergei Shoigu told defense ministry officials.

His warning comes after a cross-border attack on the southern Belgorod region on Monday. 

Yesterday, the Russian military announced that it had defeated the militants who attacked the region with armored vehicles, adding that more than 70 "Ukrainian nationalists" were lost.

Moscow blamed the raid on Ukrainian military saboteurs, while Kiev portrayed it as a rebellion by Russian partisans against the Kremlin.

The attack, which took place in the southwestern region of Russia, about 80 km north of the Ukrainian city of Kharkiv, was a fresh reminder of how Russia itself and the Russian-occupied areas of Ukraine remain vulnerable to attacks. 

Belgorod attack was 'embarrassing' for Russians, says defense analyst
Professor Michael Clarke, whose defense analyses have informed Sky News readers throughout this war, gave his opinion on the Belgorod attack.

The Russian defense ministry claimed that the offensive had ended and that about 70 attackers had been lost, some of them on the Ukrainian side of the border.

Of course, "only the Russian Defense Ministry says this, " he says.

He says the attack was an "embarrassment" for the Russians, but on the balance of probabilities, "it's probably all over because it was an attack." 

Clarke says this is the third time this kind of thing has happened, but it is the biggest.

The Russian claim that 70 people were lost "seems credible" - "there were a handful of vehicles, at least one tank that we know of, and they may have captured several armored vehicles".

There's not a lot of conflict, Clarke says - "it's not like these characters are shooting up these villages or clashing with so many Russian soldiers."

However, Russians were "very shocked by this in these small well-maintained villages there".

The question now, he says, is whether the Ukrainians are "complicit" in this.

"If they do, it's a real problem for them."

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