A security source in Donetsk said that the Russian army managed to capture 17 Ukrainian soldiers belonging to the Ukrainian army’s 28th mechanized brigade, after they were ambushed during an attempted counterattack near from the village of Novopakhmutovka.
The source added: “Near Novopakhmutovka, 17 members of the Ukrainian forces were captured when the enemy made another counterattack attempt. Enemy forces fell into a tight ambush by our forces,” according to the Russian news agency TASS. .
The source pointed out that the Ukrainian forces sent their elements to attack without providing them with adequate artillery support, and dozens of Ukrainian soldiers were killed during these offensive attempts.
Earlier, a security official in Donetsk reported that two Ukrainian army armored personnel carriers drove up near Avdiivka.
The security official said that the number of soldiers aboard the two armored vehicles reached 10, and some of them were seriously injured.
The same source said that the commander of one of the Ukrainian factions contacted Russian forces in the area and asked to provide medical assistance to injured soldiers, after which the Ukrainian military leaders refused to evacuate them.
The Ukrainian commander asked for safe passage, to hand over the remains of his unit with all the weapons he had, including armored vehicles.
Since the start of the Ukrainian counterattack with the aim of penetrating the Russian defenses in the area of the special military operation, the Ukrainian army has suffered heavy losses in human life and material, thousands of soldiers have been eliminated and dozens of heavy military . Vehicles were destroyed, including Leopard tanks, armored vehicles and American personnel carriers that she had received.
More than 7,000 Ukrainians were killed and wounded in the counterattack
And last Wednesday, the Russian Ministry of Defense revealed the human losses of the Ukrainian army since the start of the counterattack, noting that it had suffered heavy losses in life and equipment.
And the Russian Ministry of Defense said in a statement today, Wednesday, that “in total, since June 4, the Ukrainian Armed Forces have lost about 7.5 thousand dead and wounded only on the line of contact , not to mention the military deaths as a result of the use of long-range accurate Russian weapons and aircraft deep in Ukrainian territory.
On Tuesday, Russian President Vladimir Putin revealed the equipment losses of Ukrainian forces, noting that they had lost about 30% of the military vehicles the West had recently handed over to Ukraine.
Putin said Ukraine lost 160 tanks and 360 armored vehicles in the counterattack, and that’s exactly what Moscow was counting on.
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