Russian Ministry Of Defense Claims Ukraine Lost 2,900 Troops In Avdeyevka

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JAKARTA - Russia's Ministry of Defense (Kemenhan) claims Ukraine has lost more than 2,900 soldiers killed and injured in the direction of Avdivka, also known as the direction of Avdeyevka, over the past week.

Over the course of the week, the enemy lost more than 2,900 soldiers killed and injured, four tanks, 37 armored fighting vehicles, 90 vehicles, eight field artillery weapons and a MLRS Grad fighter vehicle, the ministry said.

Russia managed to block 35 Ukrainian attacks on Kupyansk and four other attacks on South Donetsk, the ministry said.

The ministry said 37 of its group's attacks had been carried out on Ukraine's military industrial complex facilities, military airfield infrastructure, weapons warehouses and fuel bases.

The losses of the Ukrainian armed forces [at the direction of South Donetsk] amounted to 1,195 troops, six tanks, six armored combat vehicles, 23 vehicles, and 16 field artillery weapons, the ministry said.

Russia managed to block 12 Ukrainian counter-attacks at Donetsk, the ministry added.

The enemy's losses amounted to more than 2,560 troops, 12 tanks, 31 armored fighting vehicles, 58 vehicles, 13 field artillery weapons, and a Grad MLRS combat vehicle, the ministry said.

Kyiv has lost 390 troops in the direction of Kupyansk, and more than 460 soldiers, as well as five tanks in the direction of Kherson in the past week, the ministry said in a statement.