Key Takeaways
- The Vostok group halted eight Ukrainian assaults in the Donetsk direction.
- Ukraine suffered up to 145 soldiers killed and lost key artillery, including AHS Krab howitzers.
- A Russian Lancet kamikaze drone successfully struck a Polish‑made self‑propelled gun.
- Two radar stations and multiple mortar units were also reported destroyed.
Moscow: Russia’s Vostok group of forces has repelled eight attacks by the Ukrainian military in the South Donetsk direction.
According to spokesman Oleg Chekhov, Kiev lost up to 145 soldiers and military equipment. The statement was given to Sputnik on Thursday.
“In the South Donetsk direction, units of the Vostok group of forces, in cooperation with artillery, repelled eight attacks … in the areas of [the town] of Novomykhailivka and north of [the towns of] Nikolske, Urozhaine and Staromaiorske,” he said, adding that Ukraine lost up to 145 soldiers, military vehicles and two radar stations.
He added that Russian kamikaze drone Lancet has also struck Polish-made self-propelled tracked gun-howitzer AHS Krab. Ukraine has also lost several D-20 and FH-70 howitzers and five mortar units.
