The Russian Ministry of Defense announced today, Wednesday, that it had thwarted all attempts by Ukrainian forces to launch attacks, inflicting heavy losses on them in life and equipment amounting to at least 600 dead and dozens of military vehicles.
The Ministry said in a statement that the Russian air-space forces last night carried out a strike with long-range, high-precision weapons targeting a training base for groups affiliated with the Ukrainian forces.
On the Donetsk axis, Russian forces, in cooperation with the Air Force and artillery, thwarted 10 attacks by Ukrainian groups, and inflicted heavy losses on the Ukrainian forces, as more than 280 soldiers were eliminated and a tank and a number of other military vehicles were destroyed.
On the Zaporozhye axis, Russian forces, supported by aviation, artillery, and heavy flamethrower systems, repelled 4 enemy attacks. Ukrainian forces inflicted losses amounting to 40 soldiers, and tanks, combat vehicles, and American-made self-propelled guns were destroyed.
On the Kherson axis, as a result of Russian air strikes and artillery fire, enemy losses amounted to 65 soldiers, 4 vehicles and a howitzer.
During the past day, Russian air defense systems intercepted 12 missile shells launched by the American “HIMARS” systems, and 17 Ukrainian drones were shot down.
Source: National Iraqi News Agency