Ukrainian forces have lost more than 800 servicemen on the Kupyansk and Krasny Liman axes in the period from September 29 to September 6, the Russian Defense Ministry reported.
“On the Kupyansk axis, Task Force “West” units repelled four Ukrainian counterattacks,” the report said. "Aircraft and artillery delivered strikes at manpower and equipment of the Ukrainian army’s 25th Airborne Brigade and 14th, 43rd and 92nd Mechanized Brigades in the areas of Sinkovka and Timkovka in the Kharkov region, and Novosyolovskoye and Novolyubovka in the Lugansk People’s Republic. In the designated period, Ukraine lost more than 405 servicemen, five tanks and armored fighting vehicles, 15 cars and 15 field artillery pieces.”
On the Krasny Liman axis, the enemy made unsuccessful attempts to regain the lost positions in the areas of Yampolovka in the Donetsk People’s Republic and Chervonaya Dibrova and Kuzmino in the Lugansk People’s Republic.
“Task Force “Center” units, aircraft, artillery and heavy flamethrower systems repelled 17 Ukrainian attacks. Enemy losses amounted to more than 430 troops killed or wounded, 13 armored fighting vehicles, 14 cars and 12 artillery pieces,” the Russian Defense Ministry said.
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The Ukrainian government launched the so-called anti-terrorist operation against Donbass in April 2014. The peace talks failed to reach tangible results due to Kiev’s position to settle the conflict by force.
President Vladimir Putin announced a special military operation on February 24, 2022 to protect Donbass residents from Ukrainian aggression. Prior to that, LPR and DPR Heads Leonid Pasechnik and Denis Pushilin asked the Russian leader to provide military assistance.*i*sb
