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Russian army reports numerous casualties to mercenaries in Donetsk

Moscow, Jan 3 (Prensa Latina) Russian aviation eliminated more than 130 mercenaries during its offensive against "foreign legion" sites in the Donetsk People's Republic, Defense Ministry spokesman Igor Konashenkov reported today.

The military spokesman added that in the Krasny Limán area, Russian artillery and heavy flamethrower systems hit four Ukrainian assault units and caused 120 casualties between deaths and injuries, as well as the destruction of four armored vehicles and five infantry vehicles.

Meanwhile, two sabotage and reconnaissance groups of the Ukrainian Armed Forces were eliminated in the Novosiolovskoye and Tabayevka areas of the Kharkov region, the spokesman said.

Konashenkov also reported that as a result of the defeat of Ukrainian units in the areas of the towns of Sinkovka, Ivanovka and Berestóvoye, Kharkov region, more than 40 soldiers lost their lives and three armored vehicles and three pickups were destroyed.

The Russian military killed 120 Ukrainian servicemen and destroyed four US-made Himars multiple rocket launchers and 800 projectiles for these systems in Donetsk, he added.

Likewise, and as a result of air and missile strikes against the Druzhkovka train station in Donetsk, six multiple rocket launchers were destroyed, including two US-made Himars, and four Czech-made RM-70 Vampires, the spokesman said.

During the attack, Russian units also destroyed over 800 multiple rocket launcher projectiles, six vehicles and caused 120 casualties among the garrison of Ukrainian troops, Konashenkov said.

In addition, he claimed that three US-made M-777 artillery systems were destroyed in firing positions near the city of Artiomovsk and in the village of Chervonaya Dibrova, in the Lugansk people’s republic.

In addition, two Ukrainian Grad rocket launchers were destroyed near Volchansk in the Kharkiv region and near Serebryanka in Donetsk, while two D-30 howitzers were disabled near Kamenskoye and Guliai Pole in the Zaporozhye region.

Four depots of artillery ammunition and military equipment belonging to the Ukrainian army were destroyed in the Zaporozhye region, and a depot for weapons and military equipment in the Kherson region, the military spokesman said. According to the senior military officer, Russian forces shot down 13 Ukrainian drones and intercepted nine Himars high-mobility multiple launch rocket system missiles in a day.

The Russian Ministry of Defense estimates that since its country began the special military operation in Ukraine, 355 aircraft, 199 helicopters, 2,807 unmanned aerial vehicles, 399 surface-to-air missile systems, and 7,382 tanks and others have been destroyed.

They also eliminated 967 multiple rocket launchers, 3,768 field artillery guns and mortars, and 7,900 special military vehicles.

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