The official representative of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation, Lieutenant General Igor Konashenkov, said during a briefing that the Armed Forces of Ukraine (APU) lost up to 70 soldiers in the Yuzhnodonetsk and Zaporozhye directions.
“Attacks of operational-tactical and army aviation, artillery fire of the Vostok group of forces routed units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Donetsk People’s Republic, as well as in the settlements of Ugledar and Novoselka. The Russian Ministry of Defense launched an attack on the Orekhov and Shcherbakov districts in the Zaporozhye region.
In addition, the defense ministry noted that Ukrainian troops lost two armored combat vehicles and a D-20 howitzer in these areas.
Konashenkov also said that in the direction of Kherson It was destroyed Up to 10 military Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU).
On February 24, 2022, Russian President Vladimir Putin announced that he had decided to organize a special military operation in Ukraine in response to a request for assistance from the heads of the Luhansk and Donetsk People’s Republics (LPR and DPR).
The decision to run the operation became the justification for new sanctions against Russia by the United States and its allies.
Source: Gazeta
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