The Russian Ministry of Defense reported that the losses of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the Donetsk direction in the last day amounted to 230 soldiers and mercenaries. This is reported in the daily report. telegraph channel Russian defense department.
“In the last 24 hours, about 230 Ukrainian soldiers and mercenaries, 6 vehicles, a D-30 howitzer and a US-made AN/TPQ-50 counter-battery radar station were destroyed in this direction,” the statement said. aforementioned.
In addition, an artillery ammunition depot belonging to the 54th brigade of the Ukrainian army was destroyed near the city of Kramatorsk in the Donetsk People’s Republic.
On May 9, the Russian Ministry of Defense reported that Russian troops were advancing in the direction of Donetsk the other day. eliminated More than 465 Ukrainian soldiers and mercenaries. According to the agency, the Armed Forces of Ukraine lost two tanks, six armored vehicles and six more vehicles, one Grad MLRS combat vehicle, two D-20 howitzers and two D-30 howitzers.
The day before, Lieutenant General Igor Konashenkov, the official representative of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation, stated that he was in the Krasnolimansky direction. destroyed Up to 60 Ukrainian soldiers.
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.