“As a result of active offensive combat operations of the allied forces, more than 50% of the personnel in the 14th and 66th mechanized brigades of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Artyomovsky and Avdeevsky directions were liquidated,” the Russian Defense Ministry said.
The department noted the mass desertion and unauthorized abandonment of their positions by the nationalists.
Earlier it was reported that the battalion of the 14th mechanized brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine lost its combat capability due to the loss of more than 340 servicemen.
Also, the Russian Armed Forces destroyed the operating underground command post of the Ukrainian Air Force in the Vinnitsa region.