Moscow, Dec 27 (Prensa Latina) Russian troops defeated the 79th Airborne Assault Brigade of Ukraine in Donetsk, eliminating as much as 60 army personnel, introduced as we speak Protection Ministry spokesman, Igor Konashenkov.
The spokesman added additionally in that folks’s republic, however within the south, because of a conflict with enemy models in Prechistovka and Uspenovka districts, greater than 70 Ukrainian servicemen, 4 armored fight autos and two pickup vans have been eradicated.
Whereas in Krasnogorovka and Prechistovka, additionally in Donetsk, two Ukrainian 2C1 Gvozdika self-propelled weapons have been destroyed in firing positions, stated Konashenkov.
4 Msta-B howitzers and two D-20 howitzers have been additionally destroyed within the space of Kupiansk, Kharkov area; in Velikaya Novosiolka, Donetsk and Novogryhorovka, Kherson province, the spokesman stated.
Konashenkov additionally introduced that close to the locality of Netailovo a firing place was found and a U.S.-made M777 artillery system was destroyed together with its crew.
This piece was used to assault residential neighborhoods of Donetsk metropolis, he stated.
As well as, the Russian Armed Forces disabled one other M777 artillery system close to the locality of Preobrazhenka, Zaporozhie area.
The missile and artillery troops focused the reserve command publish of the eightieth Airborne Assault Brigade of the Ukrainian Army close to Kramatorsk in Donetsk, in addition to 67 artillery models in firing positions, personnel and army gear in 89 areas, the senior army official reported.
Additionally, the spokesman detailed that the Russian models destroyed an Uragan a number of missile launcher and two different Grad missile launchers within the Lugansk and Donetsk Individuals’s Republics.
On February 24, Russian President Vladimir Putin introduced that his nation would conduct a particular army operation in Ukraine in response to a request for assist from the leaders of the Donbas republics.
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