Three brigades of the Armed Forces of Ukraine lost more than 600 people as a result of the offensive of the allied forces in the Donetsk direction. This was announced by the official representative of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation Igor Konashenkov.
According to him, more than 50% of the personnel of the 20th battalion of the 93-1 mechanized brigade of Ukrainian troops were destroyed by airborne strikes in the Artemivsk region.
Konashenkov also noted that the Russian Aerospace Forces hit the temporary deployment point of the 72nd Mechanized Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the DPR, destroying about 80 nationalists there.
“In addition, about 160 servicemen of the 66th mechanized brigade refused to take further part in further hostilities”he noted.
According to him, the command of the operational-tactical group of the Armed Forces of Ukraine “Donetsk” decided to withdraw these formations due to the loss of combat capability from their positions to the rear areas.
