“In the areas of the settlements of Verkhnekamenka and Zolotarevka, three battalions of the 10th mountain assault and 72nd mechanized brigades lost more than 50% of their personnel in just a day of fighting,” the ministry said in a statement.
It is specified that the high-precision weapon of the Russian Aerospace Forces struck in the Artyomovsk region at the temporary accommodation point of the 1st battalion of the 30th mechanized brigade.
“Up to 120 Ukrainian servicemen and about 15 units of military equipment were destroyed,” the Defense Ministry added.
The official representative of the Russian Ministry of Defense, Lieutenant General Igor Konashenkov, also said that the Russian Aerospace Forces hit four MLRS platoons of the Armed Forces of Ukraine with high-precision weapons.