Igor Konashenkov, the official representative of the Russian Ministry of Defense, said during a briefing that Russian troops in the Yuzhnodonetsk and Zaporozhye directions liquidated more than 30 soldiers of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, as well as destroyed two pickup trucks and a D-30 howitzer. .
“Ukrainian Armed Forces (AFU) units were defeated in the settlements of Ugledar, Novomikhailovka in the Donetsk People’s Republic and Preobrazhenka in the Zaporozhye region,” a representative of the defense ministry said.
In addition, the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation reported that the Ukrainian army lost about 80 military personnel, three armored combat vehicles and a D-20 howitzer on the Kupyan direction.
On October 10, the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation began attacking Ukraine’s energy infrastructure. According to Russian President Vladimir Putin, the attacks were a response to the explosion on the Crimean bridge.
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 help from the heads of the Donetsk and Luhansk People’s Republics (DPR and LPR).
The decision to run the operation became the justification for new sanctions against Russia by the United States and its allies.
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