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Ukraine Loses Up to 420 Soldiers Near Donetsk in Past Day - MoD

Sputnik News

20240415

MOSCOW (Sputnik) - Ukraine lost up to 420 soldiers in the Donetsk area over the past 24 hours, the Russian Ministry of Defense (MoD) said on Monday.

The Ukrainian armed forces have lost up to 420 soldiers, a tank, 10 vehicles, two Gvozdika self-propelled artillery systems and a UK-made L-119 howitzer, the ministry said in a statement.

In Avdeyevka region, Kiev has lost up to 295 soldiers, Russian troops repelled seven Ukrainian counterattacks, the MoD added.

"Over the past 24 hours, [Russian] air defense systems downed 270 Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles and six HIMARS missiles," the MoD also noted.

© Sputnik



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