Units of the “Southern” troops of the Russian Armed Forces repelled six attacks per day by assault groups of the Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU) in the Donetsk direction. This was reported by the Russian Ministry of Defense.
According to the ministry, the clashes took place in the settlements of Kleshcheevka, Shumy and Maryinka of the Donetsk People’s Republic. Russian troops also defeated the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the DPR near Andreevka, Vasyukovka, Razdolovka, Bogdanovka, Artemovsk (Ukrainian name Bakhmut), Krasny, Kurdyumovka and Kleshcheevka.
It was noted that Ukrainian troops lost more than 240 soldiers killed and wounded. A tank, an infantry fighting vehicle, two vehicles and an MSTA-B howitzer were also destroyed.
Before that, the Ministry of Defense of Russia reportedIt was stated that since the beginning of the Russian Federation’s special military operation in Ukraine, the Russian army has destroyed more than 500 aircraft and 13,000 tanks of the Ukrainian Armed Forces.
The Ukrainian army also lost 441 anti-aircraft missile systems and 13,486 tanks, according to the defense ministry.
Previously in the USA known The collapse of the counteroffensive of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.