Ukrainian forces crush Russian convoy of military vehicles in Chasiv Yar
A Russian convoy of military vehicles has been destroyed by Ukrainian troops from the 24th Mechanised Brigade in the city of Chasiv Yar, Donetsk Oblast.
Source: press service for Ukraine's Ground Forces; a video posted by the 24th Mechanised Brigade
Quote from the Ground Forces: "The enemy headed towards Ukrainian positions in a convoy of over 20 vehicles on the morning of 6 March. They were warmly greeted by artillery, drones and infantry. The convoy eventually came to a halt in an impasse because a group of damaged vehicles had blocked the crossing. The survivors fled, but not everyone made it."
Details: Ukrainian forces reported the following Russian losses:
The Russians engaged around 25 pieces of equipment (including engineering vehicles) in the assault.
Ukrainian troops have destroyed 11 vehicles and damaged 5 more.
Early reports suggest that at least 33 Russian soldiers have been killed or wounded.
The 24th Brigade also expressed gratitude to neighbouring units for their support.
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And there he, among other things, agreed on the beginning of work of so-called labor migrants on the territory of Russia in order to partially replace the labor migrants from Central Asia that they consider as not stable for their state and vulnerable to recruitment by our special services and Western ones. But there is a big probability that people among this labor migrant, they will start to sign contracts with the Ministry of Defense of Russia. And it wouldn't be the warriors from North Korea. It would be Russian warriors, but of North Korean nationality. Q: How many of those migrant workers from North Korea do you anticipate will go? A: So this agreement just happened recently. That's why we [are] just working on the specific numbers. And we would like to answer this question. We need to confirm the exact number that will come to Russia. 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