“During one day, anti-aircraft systems intercepted six missiles from the HIMARS and Uragán launch systems. In addition, 36 unmanned aerial vehicles [drones] Ukrainians were destroyed,” said the military report of the Russian Ministry of Defense, headed by Sergei Shoigu.
According to the document, four tanks of the Armed Forces of Ukraine were also destroyed at the front in the Ukrainian Donetsk region, including a Leopard 2 and a Bradley fighting vehicle.
According to the Russian Ministry of Defense, there is data about 200 Ukrainian soldiers who had to interrupt their participation in the battle in the Donetsk region, partly because they were injured.
In total, the Russian army launched sixteen attacks on different sectors of the battle front in Donetsk on Friday.
Last Friday, the ministry led by Sergei Shoigu assured that the Russian army has improved its positions in the Ukrainian region of Donetsk.
Since the fall, Moscow has stepped up nighttime attacks on Ukrainian cities, at a time when doubts are being raised about continued Western military support for Kiev.
Russia invaded Ukraine on February 24, 2022, on the grounds of protecting pro-Russian separatist minorities in the east and “denazifying” the neighboring country, which has been independent since 1991 after the collapse of the former Soviet Union and has since been away from Moscow’s power. exert influence and get closer to Europe and the West.
Source: DN
