The Russian army announced on the night from Sunday to Monday that this morning its forces repelled a “large-scale offensive” by the Ukrainian army in Donbas, reports AFP.
“On the morning of June 4, the enemy launched a major offensive on five sections of the front in the southern direction of Donetsk region. The enemy did not achieve his goal, he did not succeed,” the Russian Ministry of Defense said.
Six mechanized battalions and two tank battalions took part in the offensive, the military department added.
In a video published by the ministry on Telegram, it can be seen how Ukrainian armored vehicles allegedly destroyed by Russian troops were taken from the air.
According to Reuters, the ministry claims that Russian forces killed 250 Ukrainian soldiers and destroyed 16 tanks and more than 20 pieces of armored vehicles.
The Ministry of Defense of Russia has announced that, in their opinion, the Great Offensive Operation of the Armed Forces of Ukraine has begun, which was reported earlier today, the combat actions and advancement of Ukrainians of the 23rd and 31st separate mechanized brigades of the Ground Forces of Ukraine… pic.twitter.com/CemfXomdsQ
— OSINTdefender (@sentdefender) June 4, 2023
The Ukrainian authorities have not yet commented on what happened, as Russia claims.
For several months, Kyiv announced that it was preparing a major counteroffensive. (news.ro)
Source: Hot News
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