counterattack? “Failed attempts and great losses”

“noOver the past 24 hours, units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine made unsuccessful attempts at offensive operations in the southern regions of Donetsk, Zaporizhia and Donetsk, and still suffered significant losses in personnel and military equipment, ”said the spokesman of the Russian Defense Ministry Igor Konashenkov.

The lieutenant general stated that in 24 hours, Ukraine had lost more than 800 military personnel, 20 tanks, four infantry fighting vehicles, 15 armored vehicles, an American-made M777 artillery system, Msta-B guns, D-30 guns, and several locust. Launching a missile system vehicle.

Konashenkov stated that since Ukraine launched its counterattack on these three fronts, it has lost about 7,500 soldiers, including dead and wounded, on the front line alone, “not counting the soldiers killed as a result of the use of Russian aircraft and precision-guided long-range weapons from behind”.

Although Ukraine announced on Sunday night the liberation of Makarivka, in the south of Donetsk, near the administrative border of Zaporizhia, Russian forces in Vostok (east) reported that they had repelled attacks by motorized infantry companies of the Ukrainian Armed Forces. It is supported by four tanks and 11 armored fighting vehicles.

The military spokesman said that four enemy tanks and seven armored fighting vehicles were destroyed during the fighting.

He said that in the area of ​​\u200b\u200bthe town of Prechistoveka, located a little to the east, the attacks of two tactical groups of the Armed Forces of Ukraine were “successfully repulsed”.

“The enemy’s losses amounted to five tanks and five armored fighting vehicles,” Konashenkov added.

Russian forces eliminated five enemy tanks in the Rivnobyl region on the border with Zaporizhia and in Livadne, in addition to thwarting the attacks of the 128th Mountain Assault Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in Zherbyanki.

The information has not yet been confirmed by the Ukrainian forces or by independent sources.

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