When it comes to its own military successes, the Kremlin is always talkative. A hangar with howitzers from the United States was destroyed, according to the Defense Ministry. In addition, the Russian army killed numerous Ukrainian soldiers in attacks.
According to the Defense Ministry in Moscow, Russia has once again destroyed Western weapons in massive attacks in eastern Ukraine. A hangar with US-supplied M777 howitzers was destroyed near the town of Chasiv Yar in the Donetsk region, ministry spokesman Igor Konashenkov said in Moscow. Accordingly, numerous Ukrainian soldiers were killed there. This information could not be verified by an independent party.
Dozens of Ukrainian soldiers were also killed in artillery and rocket attacks in the Mykolaiv region in the south of the country, in the Dnipropetrovsk region around the city of Dnipro and other parts of the country, and military technology and some ammunition stores were destroyed, said Konashenkov. He showed a video of combat missions and maps showing the directions of the Russian armed forces.
Foreign fighters were also killed. In the Mykolaiv region, the air force also shot down two Ukrainian Sukhoi Su-25 fighter jets. In addition, the Russian air defense took down another 15 combat drones within 24 hours. This information was also not independently verifiable. The Ukrainian General Staff reported in Kyiv that Russian attacks were widespread.