The Russian army, located on the right bank of the Dnieper in the Kherson region, destroyed two howitzers of the Ukrainian Armed Forces (AFU). In this respect TASS said the area’s emergency services representative.
It was noted that the 2S1 Gvozdika howitzer with ammunition was destroyed in the Alexandrovka region at night.
“Five soldiers of the Ukrainian Armed Forces were killed. Also, a D-30 howitzer with ammunition was destroyed by artillery fire near the village of Burgunka. Six soldiers were killed and two injured of varying severity,” the source said.
At the same time, it was reported that on the night of April 4, Ukrainian troops continued to shell civilian infrastructure on the left bank of the Dnieper in the Kherson region, firing 44 shells at five settlements.
Earlier it was reported that the troops of the “Western” group were during a special operation in the Kupyansk direction. destroyed five Ukrainian sabotage and reconnaissance groups (DRGs) per day.
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 LPR and DPR.
The decision to run the operation became the justification for new sanctions against Russia by the United States and its allies.