Russia Attacks Ukrainian Air Base To Supply Western Planes

PHOTO; Stanislav Krasilnikov/TASS

JAKARTA - The Russian armed forces launched a group attack targeting the Ukrainian air base where Kiev plans to place planes supplied by the West, the Russian Ministry of Defense said.

"This morning, the Russian armed forces launched a group attack with long-range marine-based precision weapons, Kinzhal air hypersonic missiles, and drones against Ukraine's airport infrastructure planned to place aircraft from Western countries," the ministry said. from Sputnik, Thursday, June 27.

In addition, Russian central forces managed to counter six Ukrainian counter-attacks in the past 24 hours, and Kiev suffered losses in the fighting as many as 345 troops, according to the ministry.

Ukrainian armed forces lost 585 soldiers, four vehicles, a US-made M777 155 mm howitzer, a D-20 152 mm howitzer, 2S1 Gvozdika 122 mm automatic artillery system, and a D-30 122 mm howitzer. in fighting with the Russian Zapad (West) group, the ministry said.

Ukraine also lost more than 640 troops in fighting with the Yug (South) and 190 troops in a war with the Sever (North) troop group, the ministry added.