Russia announces control of new town in eastern Ukraine, downing 202 drones
Moscow - Saba:
The Russian Ministry of Defense announced on Tuesday that its forces have captured a new town in eastern Ukraine, eliminating 1,375 soldiers and downing 202 drones.
The ministry stated in a statement on Tuesday that, as a result of decisive action by units of the Russian Center Group, the town of Lysovka in Donetsk Oblast was captured.
It explained that its forces targeted Ukrainian Armed Forces concentrations in the Donetsk, Sumy, and Kharkiv Oblasts, noting that Ukrainian forces lost dozens of armored combat vehicles, personnel carriers, vehicles, field guns, ammunition depots, and electronic warfare stations as a result.
It indicated that operational-tactical aviation, drones, missile forces, and artillery of the Russian Armed Forces targeted infrastructure facilities at a military airport and a drone production workshop.
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