The Ukrainian military presented “proof” of panic among the Russian occupiers, revealing that they had abandoned a “hard-won trophy”: a washing machine.

“We understand why, under pressure from our armed forces, Russians leave behind weapons and ammunition when they flee (this happens all the time). But give up the washing machine! A trophy won by so many efforts! We will never understand this!” – he notes sarcastically in a post on his page Twitter Ministry of Defence Ukraine.

The post does not specify whether the washing machine was “recaptured” during the fighting in Kherson, where the Ukrainians launched a counteroffensive last Monday, or in the east of the country, where the Ukrainian army managed to regain territory after the transfer of the village. many Russian parts to the south.

Foreign journalists and observers who monitor Telegram, Russia’s most popular messaging service, say the Ukrainian attacks have begun to cause panic among Russian military bloggers, who regularly report on the situation on the frontline based on information received from Moscow’s military.

Information that some Russian military bloggers began to panic over the development of fighting in Kherson appeared last week, but it seems that now they are also worried about the advance of Ukrainian troops in the east of the country.

The Ukrainian military speaks of huge losses in Kherson

Despite the malicious messages of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine and the successes of the Armed Forces of Ukraine both in the Kherson region and in the east of the country, the fighters who took part in the counteroffensive launched last week talk about the heavy losses they have caused. suffered in front of the fortified defensive lines built by the Russians.

Several Ukrainian soldiers hospitalized after being wounded during fighting in the south of the country told The Washington Post in an interview that the Russians built fortified bunkers for their tanks, from which they came out to fire large-caliber fire, after which they returned to shelter. invulnerable to mortar and rocket attacks.

“They used everything against us,” said Denys, a 33-year-old Ukrainian soldier whose unit retreated from a Russian-occupied village after a sustained barrage of cluster bombs, phosphorous munitions and mortars.

“We lost five men for every one they lost,” Igor, a 30-year-old platoon leader who was wounded when the tank he was on told reporters in the defensive trench.

Another Ukrainian soldier, who was interviewed by American journalists, says that out of his unit of 100 soldiers, 7 were killed and another 20 were wounded. Ihor also reported that out of 32 men under his leadership, 16 were wounded and one died.

But all the interviewed Ukrainian military said that no matter how bloody the battles are, there is no other alternative.

“If we don’t stop them, they will continue to rape and kill our people, as they have done everywhere,” says the 49-year-old recruit, whose knee is shattered by shrapnel.

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