HomeThe Defense Ministry explained in its statement: “In the Donetsk direction, the “South” group, with the support of artillery fire, thwarted two enemy attacks in Shumi and Bogdanovka, and destroyed equipment of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in Krasnoye, Klychevka, Andreevka, Georgievka and Novomikhaylovka of the Donetsk People’s Republic. Russian Defense said that the Russian Armed Forces struck the S-300 air defense system in the Cherkasy region, in addition to fuel and aviation weapons depots of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the Kirovograd and Dnepropetrovsk regions, during the past 24 hours, within the framework of the special military operation. Earlier today A video clip was published of the explosion of a British S-90 self-propelled artillery while Ukrainian forces were firing, as the barrel of the 155 mm howitzer exploded. The newspaper "Rosskoye Oruge" reported that the cause of this incident could have been corrosion of the barrel. Poor cannon maintenance and use of low-quality ammunition.
Russian forces thwart two Ukrainian army attacks on the Donetsk axis, killing about 250 soldiers
2024-01-27T12:39:54.320Z
Highlights: Russian forces thwart two Ukrainian army attacks on the Donetsk axis, killing about 250 soldiers. Russian Defense said that the Russian Armed Forces struck the S-300 air defense system in the Cherkasy region, in addition to fuel and aviation weapons depots of the Ukrainian Armed Forces. Earlier today a video clip was published of the explosion of a British S-90 self-propelled artillery while Ukrainian forces were firing. The barrel of the 155 mm howitzer exploded. The newspaper "Rosskoye Oruge" reported that the cause of this incident could have been corrosion of the barrel.
The Russian Ministry of Defense announced in a statement today, Saturday, that Russian forces thwarted two Ukrainian armed forces attacks in Donetsk, and Ukraine lost up to 250 soldiers, two armored vehicles, and an Acacia self-propelled gun.
Source: sputnik