Russia’s defence ministry stated on Sunday that its forces continued to conduct army operations in Ukraine’s japanese Donetsk area, claiming to have killed greater than 220 Ukrainian servicemen over the previous 24 hours.
“In the Donetsk direction… more than 220 Ukrainian servicemen, an infantry fighting vehicle, 3 armoured fighting vehicles, 7 vehicles, as well as a D-30 howitzer were destroyed during the day,” the defence ministry stated.
Reuters was not capable of independently confirm the defence ministry’s declare.
Both sides declare to have inflicted vital losses and the precise numbers are tough to confirm.
Ukraine stated on Saturday that greater than 500 Russian troops had been killed or wounded in a current 24-hour interval as they battled for management of Bakhmut.
Russian forces and troops from the privately run Wagner group of mercenaries have captured territory within the japanese a part of the town and outskirts to the north and south, however have thus far didn’t encircle it utterly.
Moscow says capturing Bakhmut would punch a gap in Ukrainian defences and be a step in the direction of seizing all the Donbas industrial area, a significant goal.
Source: www.anews.com.tr
