"The Ukrainian regime does not normally disclose its casualty figures, but soldiers and commanders in interviews over the past week described battlefield casualties as 'high' and 'massive'," the statement said.
According to the military, columns of Ukrainian tanks and armored vehicles, trying to cross the open areas, were fired upon by Russian artillery and blown up by mines.
Earlier, the Russian Ministry of Defense reported that the personnel of a Ukrainian military company was actually completely killed due to the fact that the commander sent the unit to counterattack on a minefield in the Kherson region.