Russia’s defence ministry says troops repelled 10 attacks in the Donetsk direction over the past 24 hours, Russian state news agency TASS reported.
“In the Donetsk direction, 10 enemy attacks were successfully repelled by competent and courageous actions of the defending units of the Southern Group of Forces,” ministry spokesperson Lieutenant General Igor Konashenkov said.
According to Konashenkov, Ukraine’s losses amounted to “up to 290 servicemen killed and wounded, two infantry fighting vehicles, nine vehicles, two pick-up trucks, an Akatsiya self-propelled artillery mount, Msta-B and D-30 howitzers”.
He added that air defence systems shot down two Ukrainian Su-25 aircraft and intercepted two HIMARS MLRS shells and 14 drones.
