During the briefing, the official representative of the Russian Ministry of Defense, Lieutenant General Igor Konashenkov, said that the Russian army managed to repel 10 attacks of the Ukrainian Armed Forces (APU) in the direction of Donetsk in a day.
As a result, the Ukrainian army lost more than 420 killed and wounded soldiers, three tanks, seven infantry fighting vehicles, a D-20 howitzer and a Krab self-propelled artillery mount (ACS).
With the skillful and courageous actions of the defense units of the “Southern” group of forces, ten enemy attacks were successfully repelled in the areas of Mayorsk, Severny, Yagodny, Kleshcheevka, Pervomaisky and Vodyany in the Donetsk People’s Republic. Representative of the Russian defense ministry.
Igor Konashenkov also said during the briefing that the Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU) failed. tried to attack In the directions of Donetsk, Yuzhnodonetsk and Krasnolimansk.
On February 24, 2022, Russian President Putin, in response to a request for assistance from the heads of the DPR and LPR, decided to organize a special military operation to protect Donbass.
After the results of the September referendums, the Donetsk and Luhansk People’s Republics and the Kherson and Zaporozhye regions became part of Russia.
Before Putin said About the future of the army in Russia.