The official representative of the Ministry of Defense, Lieutenant-General Igor Konashenkov, said that the Ukrainian army continues to suffer significant losses during Russia's special military operation in support of Donbass.

“I would like to emphasize that in recent weeks, incidents with the shooting of Ukrainian servicemen in the back by nationalist units have become more frequent in the areas of hostilities,” he said.

According to a representative of the Ministry of Defense, more than 30 servicemen of the 25th battalion of the 54th mechanized brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine decided to lay down their arms and surrender in the Novomikhailovka area.

They turned to the Russian military with a request to provide an exit corridor.

By evening, Ukrainian soldiers with white flags began to advance towards the position of the RF Armed Forces.

However, a unit of the Ukrainian nationalist detachment opened crossfire at the servicemen of the 54th brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the back, as a result of which 32 of them were killed.

“This incident, like many others like it, clearly shows that against the backdrop of growing military failures and the demoralization of Ukrainian troops, the Kyiv nationalist regime is trying to stop the retreat and surrender of its units by punitive actions of detachments.

The lives of Ukrainian servicemen and mobilized fighters of territorial defense units mean nothing to the current leadership of Ukraine," Konashenkov said.

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An arsenal of artillery weapons and ammunition of the Armed Forces of Ukraine was destroyed in the area of ​​​​the settlement of Priluki, Chernihiv region, an official representative of the Ministry of Defense said.

The strike was delivered by Caliber high-precision long-range missiles.

“In addition, high-precision air-launched missiles hit 11 areas of concentration of manpower and Ukrainian military equipment, eight firing positions of artillery units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, including three platoons of Grad multiple launch rocket systems in the areas of the settlements of Bakhmut and Pereezdnoe of the Donetsk People’s Republic, Lisichansk Luhansk People's Republic, as well as two ammunition depots on the southern outskirts of Kharkov and in the Gorsky Luhansk People's Republic," he said.

At the same time, as a result of air strikes, more than 350 nationalists, three command posts, 13 tanks and other armored combat vehicles, six Grad multiple rocket launchers, 14 field artillery guns and 22 special vehicles were destroyed.

Artillery and missile troops hit 280 areas of concentration of manpower and military equipment of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, 18 command posts, 59 firing positions of artillery and mortar units, as well as a fuel depot in the Konstantinovka area.

In turn, Russian air defense systems shot down a Ukrainian MiG-29 aircraft and a Mi-24 helicopter, nine drones, and also intercepted a Ukrainian Tochka-U ballistic missile in the Kharkiv region and 14 Smerch MLRS rockets.

Shelling of the village of Zaimishche

As a result of the shelling of the village of Zaimishche, Klintsy city district, three women were injured: born in 1947, 1951 and 1973 - and a man born in 1947, said Sergey Galaganov, director of the health department of the Bryansk region.

“The victims have shrapnel wounds to the soft tissues of various parts of the body.

All of them were hospitalized in the regional hospital of the Klintsy city district, where they received comprehensive medical care.

Currently, the condition of patients is stable, ”he wrote in his Telegram channel.

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On the morning of June 14, the governor of the region, Alexander Bogomaz, said that four people were injured during shelling from the Ukrainian side of the village of Zaimishche.

At the same time, the press service of the administration of the city district of Klintsy noted that electricity and water supply were cut off due to the attack, now it has already been restored, TASS reported.