The Russian Ministry of Defense revealed this Saturday, in its daily report, that Russian forces shot down 36 Ukrainian drones and destroyed a Leopard 2 tank in the last day in the Donetsk region, where the Russian offensive continues.
“During one day, air defense systems intercepted six missiles of the HIMARS and Uragan multiple launch systems. In addition, 36 unmanned aerial vehicles [drones] The Ukrainians were destroyed,” states the military report of the Russian Ministry of Defense, headed by Sergei Shoigu.
According to the document, four tanks of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, including a Leopard 2, as well as a Bradley fighting vehicle, were also destroyed on the front in the Ukrainian Donetsk region.
According to the Russian Ministry of Defense, there are records of 200 Ukrainian soldiers who had to interrupt their participation in combat in the Donetsk region, among other things because they were injured.
In total, the Russian Army launched 16 attacks this Friday against different sectors of the combat front in Donetsk.
This Friday, the ministry headed by Sergei Shoigu assured that the Russian Army has improved its positions in the Ukrainian region of Donetsk.
Since autumn, Moscow has increased nightly attacks on Ukrainian cities, at a time when questions are being raised about continued Western military support for kyiv.
Russia invaded Ukraine on February 24, 2022, with the argument of protecting the pro-Russian separatist minorities in the east and “denazifying” the neighboring country, independent since 1991 after the disintegration of the former Soviet Union and which has since moved away from Moscow. space of influence and get closer to Europe and the West.
The war in Ukraine has already caused tens of thousands of deaths on both sides, but has not seen significant progress in recent months, with the two belligerents remaining irreducible in their territorial positions and without openness to negotiating concessions.
Source: TSF
