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| Russian forces liberate the village of Pobeda |
| 2024-02-23 |
| Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited. [Regnum] The Russian military liberated the village of Pobeda in the DPR, said the official representative of the Russian Ministry of Defense, Lieutenant General Igor Konashenkov. As a representative of the Ministry of Defense indicated, the troops also improved the situation along the front line. In the Donetsk direction, the Ukrainian Armed Forces lost more than 410 soldiers and one tank in one day. “In the Donetsk direction, units of the Southern Group of Forces liberated the settlement of Pobeda, improved the situation along the front line and defeated the formations of the 92nd assault, 79th airborne assault, 46th airmobile brigades of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the areas of the settlements of Novomikhailovka and Krasnohorivka of the Donetsk People's Republic", says the ministry's summary. In addition, the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the Donetsk direction lost three armored combat vehicles, five vehicles, a Polish-made Krab self-propelled artillery mount and self-propelled guns “Bogdan” and 122mm 2S1 “Gvozdika”, as well as a 152mm D-20 howitzer. At the same time, the Russian Armed Forces occupied more advantageous lines and positions in the Avdeevka direction, repelling nine enemy attacks. The losses of the Ukrainian Armed Forces amounted to 145 people. In the Kupyansk direction, Kyiv lost up to 30 military personnel, two armored personnel carriers, an M777 artillery system, an M198 howitzer, a 152mm 2S5 Giatsint-S cannon and a 122mm 2S1 Gvozdika self-propelled gun. On February 17, Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu reported to Russian President Vladimir Putin that Russian troops had liberated Avdeevka. Later, in his report, the minister noted that the Russian military created unbearable conditions for the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the city, and the enemy was forced to flee. As the Ukrainian military, Western media and experts themselves noted, the order to abandon the city from the Ukrainian command came too late. The American newspaper NYT wrote that the roads near Avdeevka were strewn with the corpses of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, and hundreds of soldiers surrendered. The head of the DPR, Denis Pushilin, noted on February 21 that the liberated Avdeevka as an “enemy citadel” had fallen and now Donetsk would be less exposed to militant shelling, and the Russian military were heroes. They proved it once again. The city of Avdeevka has returned home - to Russia, the head of the region emphasized. More from regnum.ru In Britain, details of the defeat of the Ukrainian Armed Forces near the village of Pobeda have been revealed The Russian armed forces defeated a group of Ukrainian troops in the area of the village of Pobeda in the DPR using FAB-500 aerial bombs and artillery strikes. British expert Alexander Merkouris announced thison his YouTube channel on February 20. Expert Merkuris: The Russian Armed Forces defeated the Ukrainian Armed Forces near the village of Pobeda with FAB-500 aerial bombs “The Russians attacked the Ukrainian Armed Forces near the village of Pobeda with FAB air bombs and defeated them with artillery fire,” he said. According to the expert, it is difficult for him to imagine how the soldiers of the Ukrainian army could hold their positions in such conditions. As Regnum reported, earlier on February 22, the official representative of the Ministry of Defense, Lieutenant General Igor Konashenkov, announced the liberation of the village of Pobeda in the DPR from the Armed Forces of Ukraine. According to him, the Russian army also improved the situation along the front line within a day, and Ukrainian troops during the same time lost over 410 soldiers and one tank in this direction. Retired general of the Ukrainian army Sergei Krivonos said on January 31 that the Russian army is undermining the positions of the Ukrainian Armed Forces near the Dnieper with FAB-500 aerial bombs. He complained that Ukrainian fighters constantly have to rebuild destroyed shelters after Russian strikes. Former colonel of the Security Service of Ukraine Oleg Starikov noted on January 15 that Ukrainian air defense systems are not capable of shooting down a single Russian glide bomb. According to him, the Russian army has tens of thousands of such aerial bombs, including FAB-500, FAB-250, FAB-1500, FAB-5000. |
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