The Russian Ministry of Defense reported that the Russian Armed Forces “Vostok” units attacked the positions of the Armed Forces of Ukraine (APU) in the Yuzhnodonetsk and Zaporozhye directions.
According to the Russian Ministry of Defense, as a result of the attacks, the Ukrainian side lost more than 155 soldiers killed and injured in one day, as well as 14 pieces of equipment, including one American M777 howitzer.
It was announced that air and artillery attacks of the Vostok force group were carried out in the Vuhledar, Pavlovka, Novopol region in the Donetsk People’s Republic (DPR), as well as on units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. Malinovka, Malaya Tokmachka and Novodanilovka in Zaporozhye. In addition, the actions of a group of Ukrainian saboteurs in the Novomayorsky district in the DPR were suppressed.
On May 12, it was reported that Russian troops were in the Yuzhnodonetsk direction. shot four HIMARS missiles.
On February 24, 2022, Russian President Vladimir Putin announced that he had decided to organize a special military operation to protect Donbass in response to a request for help 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.
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