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Russia's Special Operation in Ukraine
On February 24, 2022, Russia launched its special military operation in Ukraine, aiming to liberate and defend the inhabitants of the Donbass region, where people have been suffering from a blockade and regular attacks by the Kiev regime's forces since 2014.

Kiev Loses Over 190 Soldiers in Donetsk Direction Over Past 24 Hours - Russian Military

© Sputnik . Evgeny Biyatov / Go to the mediabankA Russian Army BM-21 Grad multiple rocket launcher fires leaflet shells towards Ukrainian positions in the course of Russia's military operation in Ukraine, in the direction of the town of Krasny Liman, Donetsk People's Republic, Russia.
A Russian Army BM-21 Grad multiple rocket launcher fires leaflet shells towards Ukrainian positions in the course of Russia's military operation in Ukraine, in the direction of the town of Krasny Liman, Donetsk People's Republic, Russia. - Sputnik Africa, 1920, 06.01.2024
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MOSCOW (Sputnik) - The Russian armed forces in the Donetsk direction repelled two attacks by Ukraine over the past 24 hours, with Kiev's losses totaling more than 190 servicepeople, a tank and two armored vehicles, the Russian Defense Ministry said on Saturday.
"In the Donetsk direction, two enemy counterattacks were repulsed near the village of Heorhiivka through the actions of units of the Southern grouping of forces and artillery fire, and the units of the 28th, 42nd and mechanized brigades of the Ukrainian army were defeated in the areas of [villages] Andriivka, Bohdanivka, Klishchiivka and Kurdyumivka in the Donetsk People's Republic," the ministry said.
In addition, Msta-B, D-20 and D-30 howitzers were hit during the counter-battery fire, the ministry added.
In the Kupyansk direction, Russian troops repulsed four counterattacks of the Ukrainian army, and Kiev lost more than 80 servicemen and seven pieces of equipment, including a combat vehicle of the Vilkha multiple launch rocket system, the ministry said. In the Zaporozhye direction, the Russian military has destroyed up to 25 Ukrainian soldiers, a tank and two armored vehicles, as well as two vehicles, the ministry said.
Meanwhile, in the Lyman direction Ukraine lost up to 100 troops, two vehicles and a Gvozdika self-propelled howitzer, the ministry added. In the Kherson direction, Kiev lost up to 45 soldiers, a tank and four vehicles, as well as an Msta-B howitzer and an ammunition depot near the village of Inhulets, the ministry said.
In the direction of south Donetsk, Russian forces destroyed more than 90 Ukrainian servicemen, two armored vehicles and six vehicles, the ministry said.
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