Russian forces have repelled four Kiev army attacks north of the Sverdlovka village in the Svatovo district over the past 24 hours, the Russian Defense Ministry reported.
“On the Kupyansk axis, Task Force “West” units, aircraft and artillery repelled four counterattacks by the Ukrainian army’s 32nd and 43rd Mechanized Brigades north of the Sverdlovka settlement in the Lugansk People’s Republic,” the report said. Strikes were delivered at Ukrainian manpower and equipment in the areas of Vyssheye Solyonoye, Ivanovka, Timkovka and Sinkovka in the Kharkov region and Novosyolovskoye in the Lugansk People’s Republic.
Enemy losses on this axis over the past 24 hours amounted up to 60 servicemen, three cars and one Polish “Krab” artillery piece.
On the Krasny Liman axis, Task Force “Center” units, supported by aircraft and artillery delivered strikes at manpower and equipment of three Ukrainian army brigades in the areas of Yampolovka (DPR), Chervonaya Dibrova (LPR) and Serebryanka Forestry. Up to 40 Ukrainian servicemen, three pickups and one D-30 howitzer were eliminated.
Air defense units intercept three high mobility rocket artillery system (HIMARS) projectiles.
“Twenty-four Ukrainian drones were shot down in the areas of Volcheyarovka and Shipilovka in the Lugansk People’s Republic, Berestovoye, Vodyanoye and Spornoye in the Donetsk People’s Republic, Skelevatoye, Pshenichnoye and Ocherenovatoye in the Zaporozhye region and Proletarka in the Kherson region,” the 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
