Moscow, Dec 29 (UNI) Russia has repelled 34 Ukrainian attacks, and Kiev has lost over 1.675 soldiers in the Donetsk direction in the past week, the Russian Defence Ministry said on Friday.
“Over the past week, in this direction, Russian units repelled 34 enemy attacks and inflicted fire damage on Ukrainian military units in the areas of the settlements of Kurdyumivka, Klishchiivka, Ivanivske [known as Krasne], Andriivka, and Heorhiivka of the Donetsk People’s Republic,” the ministry said.
The total enemy losses amounted to more than 1,675 military personnel, seven tanks, 13 armoured combat vehicles, 29 vehicles, a Czech-made RM-70 Vampire MLRS combat vehicle, as well as 49 field artillery guns, the ministry added.
Russia repelled three Ukrainian attacks, and Kiev lost 675 soldiers, as well as two tanks, in the South Donetsk direction, while in the Krasnyi Lyman direction, Russia repelled 13 attacks, and the Ukrainian military lost 1,205 personnel, the ministry said.
“In the Zaporizhzhia direction, units of Russian troops conducted an active defence operation during which they repelled two enemy attacks near the village of Verbove in the Zaporizhzhia region… The enemy’s losses amounted to up to 475 soldiers, one tank, six armoured combat vehicles, 20 vehicles, and 12 field artillery guns,” the ministry said.
Kiev lost 265 soldiers, one tank, and one armoured vehicle in the Kupyansk direction in the past week, the Russian Defence Ministry said.
“Russia prevented the attempts to transfer sabotage groups of the Ukrainian armed forces to the islands and the left bank of the Dnipro river in the Kherson direction… As a result of the actions of the Russian troops, the total losses of the Ukrainian military amounted to 390 servicemen, 25 vehicles, 17 boats, as well as 22 field artillery guns,” the ministry said.
In the past week, a total of 43 Ukrainian soldiers have surrendered, half of them in the Kupyansk direction, the ministry concluded.
