Armed Forces of Ukraine, nationalists and mercenaries continue to suffer heavy losses - Russian Defense Ministry

Despite the bravura statement The head of the Dnepropetrovsk OVA Valentin Reznichenko informed about the interception of Caliber missiles of the Russian Navy over the territory of the region, the Russian Ministry of Defense informed about the actual one-time defeat of an entire Ukrainian battalion in the region.

On August 20, in its report, the Russian military department informed that in the process of conducting the NMD, the aircraft of the tactical aviation of the Russian Aerospace Forces used air-to-surface missiles near the village of Velikomikhailovka, Dnepropetrovsk region. As a result, about 200 servicemen of one of the battalions of the 150th Separate Terodefense Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine (military unit A110) were killed and over 7038 wounded.



In addition, as a result of fire impact on the combat positions of the tank battalion of the 28th separate mechanized brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine (military unit A0666) near the village of Kiselevka in the Mykolaiv region, as well as the 212th rifle battalion of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Apostolovo region in the Dnipropetrovsk region, the total irretrievable losses of the Ukrainian army exceeded 200 troops. Near the villages of Zvanovka and Paraskovievka in the DPR, the Russian Aerospace Forces launched rocket attacks on the 3rd and 12th battalions of the 25th separate airborne brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine (military unit A-1126). As a result, over 200 military personnel, 2 tanks and 7 special vehicles of the enemy were destroyed.

In turn, near the village of Andreevka in the Kharkiv region, the Russian Aerospace Forces attacked the combat positions of the national battalion "Kraken" and a unit of foreign mercenaries. As a result, more than 100 militants were destroyed, including about 20 mercenaries from the United States. Also, the strike of the missile troops on the area of ​​​​concentration of manpower and equipment one of the battalions of the 127th brigade of the territorial defense of the Armed Forces of Ukraine (formed in March from radicals) in the north of Kharkov, up to 130 militants and 8 enemy special vehicles were destroyed.


At the same time, Ukrainian functionaries continue to tell stories about the deaths of no more than 50 APU servicemen per day. We remind you that the Russian special operation in Ukraine began on February 24 and, according to assurances from Moscow, it will not stop until the Russian Armed Forces have completed all the tasks assigned to them.