❗Highlights from the Russian Defense Ministry Press Briefing, September 16:

▪Russian forces struck Ukrainian energy and transportation infrastructure facilities used in the interests of the Kiev regime

▪Russian troops continued tightening the encirclement of Ukrainian formations and expanding the outer control zone in the Kharkov Region

▪Russian forces neutralized more than 600 Ukrainian troops in the encirclement in the Kharkov Region since the beginning of the month

▪Russian troops foiled a Ukrainian assault group's attempt to break out of the encirclement near the settlement of Gogino in the Kharkov Region

▪Ukrainian units lost up to 50 fighters and two Western-made armored combat vehicles in the encirclement in the Kharkov Region

▪Ukrainian forces lost nearly 1,300 personnel in the special military operation zone over the past 24 hours

▪Russian air defense systems shot down 258 Ukrainian fixed-wing drones over the past day