“High-precision air-based weapons in the area of the settlement of Kodema of the Donetsk People's Republic struck at the point of temporary deployment of units of the 72nd mechanized brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
Up to 50 servicemen, two Msta-B howitzers and ten units of military equipment were destroyed," Konashenkov said.
On July 30, the Ministry of Defense reported that the Russian Armed Forces, using high-precision weapons, hit a railway echelon that was transporting an elite battalion of the presidential brigade of Ukraine.
More than 140 nationalists were killed, about 250 militants were injured, the department noted.