Russia said on Monday that its forces had thwarted a major Ukrainian offensive at five points along the front in the southern Ukrainian region of Donetsk and killed hundreds of pro-Kyiv troops.
It was not immediately clear whether or not the reported attack represented the start of a Ukrainian counteroffensive which Kyiv has been promising for months to recapture territory taken by Russian forces after the invasion of February 2022.
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The Ukrainian armed forces failed to achieve success in a large-scale offensive on five front sectors in the south Donetsk area, official spokesman of the Russian Defense Ministry Lieutenant General Igor Konashenkov said.
"The adversary launched a large-scale offensive from the morning of June 4 on five sectors of the front in the south Donetsk area by bringing into action 23rd and 31st mechanized brigades from strategic reserves of the Ukrainian armed forces with support from other military units and teams," the spokesman said. "The adversary’s objective was to break through our defense on the most vulnerable front sector, in its opinion. The enemy failed to perform its tasks and had no success," Konashenkov noted.
The adversary used six mechanized battalions and two tank battalions, the defense ministry’s spokesman informed. "As a result of skilled and sophisticated action of the Battlegroup East, the Ukrainian armed forces lost more than 250 persons, sixteen tanks, three mechanized infantry combat vehicles and 21 combat armored vehicles," Konashenkov stressed.
He particularly noted that Chief of General Staff Army General Valery Gerasimov was at one of frontline command posts in this area.
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Russland hat eigenen Angaben zufolge eine ukrainische Großoffensive in der südukrainischen Region Donezk vereitelt. Die Ukraine habe die Offensive am Sonntag mit sechs Panzer- und zwei Panzerbataillonen eröffnet, teilt das russische Verteidigungsministerium mit.
ReplyDeleteDie mutmaßliche Offensive habe am Sonntagmorgen an fünf Frontabschnitten begonnen, hieß es weiter. Die ukrainischen Streitkräfte hätten mehr als 250 Soldaten verloren. Die Angaben ließen sich nicht unabhängig prüfen. Aus Kiew gab es dazu zunächst keine Stellungnahme.
The losses of the Ukrainian armed forces in the South Donetsk direction after the Russian military repulsed a large-scale offensive amounted to more than 250 soldiers, 16 tanks, three infantry fighting vehicles and 21 armored fighting vehicles, Russian Defense Ministry spokesman Lt.
ReplyDeleteGen. Igor Konashenkov said.
"As a result of the skillful and competent actions of the 'Eastern' group of the (Russian armed) forces, the losses of the Ukrainian armed forces amounted to more than 250 personnel, 16 tanks, three infantry fighting vehicles, 21 armored fighting vehicles," Konashenkov said.
Минобороны России сообщило о понесенных потерях украинских националистов при предпринятом ими контрнаступлении. С утра 4 июня боевики начали крупномасштабное наступление на пяти участках фронта на Южно-Донецком направлении.
ReplyDeleteСообщается, что цели националистов достигнуты не были. В результате ими были потеряны не менее 250 человек живой силы. Также боевики лишились 16 танков, трех БМП и другой техники. Об этом сообщил официальный представитель Минобороны России генерал-лейтенант Игорь Конашенков.
«Своих задач противник не добился, успеха не имел. В результате умелых и грамотных действий "Восточной" группировки войск потери ВСУ составили более 250 человек личного состава, 16 танков, три боевые машины пехоты, 21 боевая бронированная машина», - отметил он.
Ранее в МО РФ доложили, что целью наступления украинских националистов был прорыв российской обороны в наиболее уязвимом, по мнению противника, месте.