The Russian Ministry of Defense reported that the Ukrainian Armed Forces lost more than 240 military personnel in one day in the direction of Donetsk. The ministry told this to reporters.
According to the Ministry of Defense, in the Belokuzminovka residential area in the DPR, a warehouse with rocket and artillery weapons of the 55th artillery brigade of the Ukrainian troops was also destroyed.
Earlier, the Russian Ministry of Defense reported that assault troops continue to fight west of the city of Artemovsk (Ukrainian name – Bakhmut) in the DPR, airborne troops provide assistance, stopping the actions of the Armed Forces of Russian units. Ukraine on the wings.
According to the agency, Russian artillery and aviation frightened Units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Chasov Yar and Bogdanovka settlements of the DPR. During the day, Russian military aircraft made five sorties in this area, and the artillery completed 73 shooting missions.
In addition, over 465 Ukrainian soldiers and mercenaries were purged in the specified direction during the day. The RF Armed Forces also managed to destroy two APU tanks, six armored combat vehicles, six vehicles, one Grad MLRS combat vehicle, two D-20 howitzers and two D-30 howitzers.