The official representative of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation, Lieutenant General Igor Konashenkov, said that the losses of the Ukrainian army in the South Donetsk direction exceeded 250 personnel. Transmits words TASS.
According to Konashenkov, as a result of the professional actions of the “Eastern” troop group, the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation destroyed 16 tanks, 21 armored vehicles and three infantry fighting vehicles belonging to the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
According to the spokesperson of the Russian Ministry of Defense, the Ukrainian army has deployed six mechanized and two tank battalions.
Earlier it became known that the Armed Forces of Ukraine was on June 4. started A large-scale offensive in five sectors of the front in the South-Donetsk direction, while the Ukrainian army did not succeed.
Before that, the head of the “We are with Russia” movement Vladimir Rogov declarationIt was reported that armed clashes between Russian and Ukrainian forces in the Vremevsky ledge area in the direction of Zaporozhye lasted more than eight hours.