Since the beginning of the armed crisis in Ukraine in 2014, the outskirts of Donetsk have been a battleground, while the southern Donetsk region has recently become the epicenter of the conflict due to Kiev’s attempts to cross the border between the Donetsk People’s Republic (DPR) and the Zaporozhye region.
The Russian armed forces repelled one attack by Ukraine near the city of Bakhmut over the past day, eliminating up to 235 Ukrainian troops and destroying eight pieces of equipment, the Russian Defense Ministry said on Sunday.
“In the Donetsk direction, units of the Southern group of [Russian] forces, in cooperation with aviation and artillery, repelled an attack […] near the village of Bohdanivka in the Donetsk People’s Republic, and defeated troops […] near the villages of Krasne, Vasyukivka, Rozdolivka and Klishchiivka in the Donetsk People’s Republic. The total Ukrainian losses in this area were up to 235 troops, two armored combat vehicles and six vehicles,” the ministry said.
In the Southern Donetsk direction, Russian forces repelled two attacks by the Ukrainian army, eliminating up to 135 servicepeople and two pieces of equipment, the ministry said. In the Zaporizhzhia direction, Russia repelled three attacks by Ukrainian forces near the villages of Verbove and Robotyne, eliminating up to 45 soldiers and two tanks, the ministry said. SPUTNIK
