Pivden (South): Ukrainian Armed Forces kill 78 Russian troops and destroy Grads, Pion and other enemy equipment
OLHA HLUSHCHENKO - TUESDAY, 31 MAY 2022, 04:12
The Ukrainian Armed Forces have killed 78 Russian troops and destroyed Russian tanks, howitzers, and other equipment while defending the southern borders of Ukraine.
Source: Pivden (South) Operational Command
Quote: "Failing to succeed in its advance, the enemy is stepping up air and artillery and mortar strikes.
Two Mi-24 helicopters struck twice at our positions, and during the day the enemy shelled the area around Mykolaivka, including settlements to the rear of our units, three times with long-range Pion artillery and the Uragan multiple-launch rocket system."
Details: During a successful offensive by Ukrainian Defence Forces units on the Pivdennyi Buh front, Russian forces left the village of Mykolaivka, north of Kherson [there are several villages with the name Mykolaivka in Kherson Oblast, and it is not clear from the summary of the General Staff which one we are talking about - ed.].
Ukrainian missile and artillery units inflicted significant losses on the Russian forces during the day: a total of 78 troops were killed, and 8 tanks, 2 howitzers, a Pion self-propelled gun, 2 Grad multiple rocket launchers, 5 armoured vehicles, and 2 vehicles were destroyed.
In the Black Sea, Russian ships continue to carry out operations to block shipping and work in the ports.
One carrier of Kalibr-type sea-launched cruise missiles is in readiness to use its missiles.
A Dyugon landing craft and two Raptor patrol boats are moving towards the island in order to support the Russian units on Zmiinyi (Snake) Island.
"At the same time, the enemy surface ships are carefully keeping their distance from mainland Ukraine for fear of being hit by missiles," the report reads.
Storms continue to dump enemy sea mines on the coast of Odesa Oblast. One that was discovered and defused in time was fished out on Monday and taken to a safe location for controlled detonation.