The assault detachments of the “Western” troop group destroyed more than 40 military Armed Forces (APU) of Ukraine during the offensive in the Kupyansk direction. It has been reported TASScites Yaroslav Yakimkin, the head of the group’s press centre.
According to him, the attack aircraft of the “West” also captured a fortress and four bunkers with personnel.
Yakimkin said that during the day, the 14th and 115th separate mechanized brigades of the Ukrainian Armed Forces and the troops of the 95th separate air assault brigades carried out 5 counterattacks against the positions of the Russian troops with armored vehicles. He noted that they were successfully projected.
“Enemy losses from artillery and mortar fire amounted to a platoon of manpower and an infantry fighting vehicle,” the officer added.
Prior to that, former US intelligence officer Scott Ritter declarationThat the Armed Forces of Ukraine could not hold the defense in the direction of Kharkiv, therefore, later they could lose control over the city of Kupyansk.
On August 16, the Commander of the Ground Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Oleksandr Syrsky accepted Worsening of the situation for the Ukrainian army in the Kupyansk direction.
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