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Two Ukrainian generals, up to 50 other officers as well as around 20 foreign mercenaries and military advisers were eliminated in a recent Russian strike on the Kiev forces’ deployment site in Kramatorsk, the Russian Ministry of Defense announced on June 29.
“According to the updated information, a June 27 precision strike on the temporary deployment site of the Ukrainian army’s 56th motorized infantry brigade in the city of Kramatorsk eliminated two generals, up to fifty officers of the Ukrainian armed forces and also up to twenty foreign mercenaries and military advisers who participated in a staff meeting,” the ministry’s spokesman, Lieutenant General Igor Konashenkov, said in a statement.
Lt. Gen. Konashenkov added that Kiev forces continue attempts to advance in three sectors, Donetsk, Krasny Liman and south Donetsk, in the last 24 hours.
In the direction of Kupyansk, Russian air and artillery strikes destroyed 25 Ukrainian troops and several pieces of military equipment.
“In the Kupyansk direction, operational/tactical and army aircraft and artillery of the western battlegroup struck the Ukrainian army’s manpower and equipment in areas near the settlements of Sinkovka and Krasnoye Pervoye in the Kharkov Region. Over 25 Ukrainian personnel, three motor vehicles, an Akatsiya self-propelled artillery system, a D-30 howitzer and a Grad multiple rocket launcher were destroyed,” the spokesman said.
Meanwhile, in the direction of Krasny Liman, Russian forces engaged in heavy fighting with Ukrainian troops and sabatures.
“In the Krasny Liman direction, forces of the battlegroup Center, air strikes, artillery and heavy flamethrower fires inflicted damage on units of the Ukrainian army’s 21st, 42nd and 67th mechanized brigades in areas near the settlements Nevskoye, Kremennaya and Chervonaya Dibrova in the Lugansk People’s Republic. Near the settlement of Kuzmino in the Lugansk People’s Republic, the activity of a Ukrainian subversive/reconnaissance group was thwarted,” Konashenkov said.
According to the spokesman, 65 Ukrainian troops, two armored combat vehicles, two pickup trucks, two D-30 howitzers and two Gvozdika self-propelled artillery systems were neutralized in this direction.
In the Donetsk direction, Konashenkov said that Russian forces killed and wounded about 530 Ukrainian troops over the past day.
“In the Donetsk direction, four enemy attacks were successfully repelled by skilled and courageous actions of units from the southern battlegroup near the settlements of Belogorovka in the Lugansk People’s Republic and Tonenkoye in the Donetsk People’s Republic. The Ukrainian army’s casualties in that area during the battles amounted to 530 personnel killed and wounded,” the spokesman said.
Russian forces also destroyed a Ukrainian tank, two infantry fighting vehicles, five motor vehicles, Msta-B and D-20 howitzers, the general specified.
“In addition, an ammunition depot of the Ukrainian army’s 54th mechanized brigade was destroyed near the settlement of Viyemka in the Donetsk People’s Republic,” Konashenkov added.
Russian forces also repelled a new Ukrainian attack at the Vremevka bulge in Donetsk, according to the Russian MoD spokesman.
“At the Vremevka bulge in the south Donetsk direction, an attack by Ukrainian army units was repulsed by artillery and heavy flamethrower fires of the battlegroup East near the settlement of Staromayorskoye in the Donetsk People’s Republic,” the Konashenkov said.
In addition, an ammunition depot of the Ukrainian army’s 10th mountain assault brigade located near the settlement of Viyemka in Donetsk was destroyed.
During the last 24-hour period, operational/tactical and army aircraft, missile troops and artillery of the Russian groupings of forces struck 85 Ukrainian artillery units at firing positions, manpower and military hardware in 102 areas, the spokesman reported.
Meanwhile in the South Donetsk and Zaporozhye sectors, Russian forces destroyed roughly 135 Ukrainian troops, according to the spokesman.
“The enemy’s losses in those directions in the past 24 hours amounted to 135 Ukrainian personnel, two armored combat vehicles, four motor vehicles, three D-20 howitzers, Msta-B and D-30 howitzers and a Gvozdika motorized artillery system,” the spokesman said.
Moveover, Russian forces delivered a strike on a gathering of troops and equipment of Kiev forces in Zaporozhye.
“In the Zaporozhye direction, Russian forces delivered a strike against amassed manpower and equipment of the 106th territorial defense brigade near the settlement of Lugovskoye in the Zaporozhye Region,” the spokesman said.
Konashenkov also said that an ammunition depot of Ukraine’s 123rd territorial defense brigade that is located in the settlement of Kizomys in Kherson was destroyed.
In all, Russian forces destroyed as many as 40 Ukrainian personnel, six motor vehicles and a Msta-B howitzer in the Kherson direction in the past 24 hours, the spokesman reported.
“In areas near the settlements of Vasiltsovka in the Kharkov Region and Peschanoye in the Donetsk People’s Republic, two US-made AN/TPQ-50 counter-battery radar stations were destroyed,” he added.
The spokesman also said that Russian air defense forces intercepted two rockets of the HIMARS multiple launch rocket system and a HARM anti-radar missile and shot down 11 Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles over the past day.
“During the last 24-hour period, air defense capabilities intercepted two rockets of the HIMARS multiple launch rocket system and a HARM anti-radiation missile,” the spokesman said.
In addition, Russian air defense systems destroyed 11 Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles in areas near the settlements of Ivanovka in the Kharkov Region, Volodino and Yevgenovka in the Donetsk People’s Republic, Golikovo in the Lugansk People’s Republic and Novaya Zburyevka in the Kherson Region.
In all, the Russian Armed Forces have destroyed 444 Ukrainian warplanes, 240 helicopters, 4,823 unmanned aerial vehicles, 426 surface-to-air missile systems, 10,402 tanks and other armored combat vehicles, 1,133 multiple rocket launchers, 5,269 field artillery guns and mortars and 11,276 special military motor vehicles since the beginning of the special military operation in Ukraine, Konashenkov said in his statement.
The Russian MoD also released two videos showing recent artillery strikes on Kiev forces near the Antonovsk Bridge In the Kherson sector as well as the work of Ka-52 attack helicopters in the South Donetsk sector.
Overall, Kiev forces are still struggling to make new gains on the ground. The few gains Kiev made during the first weeks of its so-called spring counteroffensive do not correspond to the heavy human and material losses its forces reportedly sustained.
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