The Russian Defense Ministry said two Ukrainian generals were killed in an attack on the city of Kramatorsk in eastern Ukraine.
“According to updated information, after a high-precision attack on the temporary gathering point of the 56th independent motorized infantry brigade of the Ukrainian armed forces in the city of Kramatorsk in the Donetsk People’s Republic ( self-proclaimed) on June 27, two generals, 50 officers of the Ukrainian armed forces, as well as 20 foreign mercenaries and military advisers participating in a staff meeting were killed,” the Ministry of Defense Russia announced on June 29.
The Russian Defense Ministry said that Ukraine lost 530 soldiers and 10 military equipment in the direction of Donetsk on June 28. The Russian side confirmed that Ukrainian forces are continuing their offensive efforts in the directions of Donetsk, South Donetsk and Krasny Liman.
“During the fighting in the direction of Donetsk, the losses of the Ukrainian armed forces amounted to 530 servicemen (killed and wounded), one tank, two infantry fighting vehicles, five vehicles, and the Msta- artillery- B and D-20”, the Russian Defense Ministry confirmed, adding that Russian troops repelled four Ukrainian attacks in this direction.
On June 28, Ukraine lost 135 troops south of Donetsk and Zaporizhia, and a Ukrainian offensive was repelled near the settlement of Staromaiorskoe in the Donetsk People’s Republic, the Russian Defense Ministry said. (ostensible).
The death toll from a Russian missile strike on a busy neighborhood in Kramatorsk, eastern Ukraine, has increased to 12 people, including three children, Ukrainian officials said today. The raid hit the downtown area, home to restaurants, businesses and apartment buildings.
Ukraine’s Interior Minister Ihor Klymenko said search and rescue operations among the rubble in Kramatorsk ended this morning.
Earlier, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said that if Russia captured the city of Bakhmut, Moscow could see it as a springboard to advance to two larger cities in Donetsk, Kramatorsk and Sloviansk. The skirmishes between Russia and Ukraine for control of Bakhmut have dragged on for months and have resulted in heavy losses on both sides.
The Russian Defense Ministry announced on May 20 that Russian forces had taken full control of the city of Bakhmut during a special military operation in Ukraine. Yevgeny Prigozhin, head of the private Russian military organization Wagner, announced that this force would completely withdraw from Bakhmut and hand over the battlefield to the Russian regular army.
According to US officials, Ukrainian forces managed to defeat Russian forces in the east around the Bakhmut region. However, Russian forces, armed with anti-tank missiles, grenades and mortars, gave “severe resistance”. Russian forces have penetrated deep into multi-layered defenses in some areas, which are marked by minefields, causing heavy damage to Ukrainian armored vehicles.
