Ukraine loses 300 troops, tanks, howitzers in one battle – Russia

Ukrainian forces lost hundreds of troops and dozens of pieces of military equipment during fighting in the Donetsk oblast, Russia’s Defense Ministry has said.

In a statement on Tuesday, the Defense Ministry said that ammunition depots of the 27th Rocket Brigade and the 47th Mechanized Brigade of the Ukrainian armed forces had been “wiped out” near the settlements of Lysovka and Zhelannoye.

Russian units, tactical aircraft crews and artillery forces “repelled an enemy attack” near Artyomovskoye, also known as Khromove, on the outskirts of Bakhmut, which has been fiercely fought over for months, the update said.

Units of Ukraine’s 42nd Mechanized Brigade, its 46th Air Mobile Brigade, its 80th Air Assault Brigade and 112th Territorial Defense Brigade were also hit in what Moscow calls the Donetsk People’s Republic, the Defense Ministry said.

“The total enemy losses amounted to 300 troops killed and wounded,” the statement said, adding that Ukraine also lost three tanks, one infantry fighting vehicle, three pick-up trucks, and 19 motor vehicles.

Russian troops also struck field guns, armed personnel carriers and U.S-supplied M109 Paladin and M119 towed howitzers.