Ukraine Conflict
Moscow launched a special military operation in Ukraine in February 2022 with the aim of saving the people of Donbass - primarily the Russian-speaking population - from Kiev's constant attacks.

Ukraine Loses Over 200 Soldiers in Donetsk Direction

© Sputnik / Konstantin Mihalchevskiy / Go to the mediabankA Russian serviceman is seen in the course of Russia's military operation in Ukraine, at the unknown location.
A Russian serviceman is seen in the course of Russia's military operation in Ukraine, at the unknown location. - Sputnik India, 1920, 31.07.2023
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According to the ministry, the Ukrainian forces continued to make attempts to attack in Donetsk, South Donetsk and Zaporozhye directions. The ministry mentioned that Russian forces repelled 11 attacks in the Donetsk direction.
The Ukrainian military lost over 220 soldiers during attempts to attack in the Donetsk direction over the past 24 hours, the Russian Defense Ministry said on Monday.

"During the past day, the losses of the enemy in this direction amounted to more than 220 Ukrainian servicemen, three armored combat vehicles, five vehicles, two US-made M777 artillery systems, a German-made Panzerhaubitze 2000 self-propelled howitzer, a Gvozdika self-propelled artillery mount, Msta-B and D-20 howitzers, as well as a US-made counter-battery radar AN / TPQ-50," the ministry said.

Russian forces repelled two Ukrainian attacks in Krasny Liman direction, where Kiev lost up to 140 soldiers over the past 24 hours, the ministry added.

"Enemy losses in these areas [South Donetsk and Zaporozhye] per day amounted to 275 Ukrainian servicemen, three tanks, six infantry fighting vehicles, three armored fighting vehicles, five vehicles, three foreign-made howitzers, including M109 Paladin, the US-made M777 made and the UK-made FH-70, as well as two Msta-B and D-20 howitzers," the ministry said.

The Russian troops hit concentration of Ukrainian soldiers near Orekhovo and Rabotino in the Zaporozhye region using aviation and artillery, the ministry added. Moreover, the Russian forces took better positions near Kuzyomovka and repelled another attack near Novoselovka in the Luhansk People's Republic.

"In addition, a workshop for manufacturing unmanned aerial vehicles for the armed forces of Ukraine was destroyed near the village of Veliky Burluk, Kharkov region," the ministry said.

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