The Russian armed forces repelled one attack by Ukraine near the city of Bakhmut over the past day, eliminating up to 235 Ukrainian troops and destroying eight pieces of equipment, the Russian Defense Ministry said on Sunday.
"In the Donetsk direction, units of the Southern group of [Russian] forces, in cooperation with aviation and artillery, repelled an attack […] near the village of Bohdanivka in the Donetsk People's Republic, and defeated troops […] near the villages of Krasne, Vasyukivka, Rozdolivka and Klishchiivka in the Donetsk People's Republic. The total Ukrainian losses in this area were up to 235 troops, two armored combat vehicles and six vehicles," the ministry said.
In the Southern Donetsk direction, Russian forces repelled two attacks by the Ukrainian army, eliminating up to 135 servicepeople and two pieces of equipment, the ministry said. In the Zaporizhzhia direction, Russia repelled three attacks by Ukrainian forces near the villages of Verbove and Robotyne, eliminating up to 45 soldiers and two tanks, the ministry said.
In the Kherson direction, Kiev lost more than 60 soldiers and several pieces of equipment, the ministry said. Meanwhile, in the Kupyansk direction Russia repelled two attacks near the village of Synkivka, destroying more than 30 Ukrainian service people, the ministry said.
In the Dnipropetrovsk region, Russian forces destroyed a depot of Ukrainian air force equipment, while also hitting aircraft at Myrhorod airfield in the Poltava region, and Russian air defense forces intercepted 13 Storm Shadow and Neptune missiles overnight, the ministry said.
In February 2022, Russia began its special military operation in Ukraine. Russian President Vladimir Putin has stated that the operation is aimed at "protecting people who have been subjected to genocide by the Kiev regime for eight years."