Armed Forces of Ukraine repulse 13 Russian attacks and destroy two dozen pieces of Russian equipment in Donbas
DENYS KARLOVSKYI — WEDNESDAY, 1 JUNE 2022, 22:27
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In 24 hours on 1 June, Ukrainian defenders in Donbas repulsed 13 attacks by Russian occupying troops and destroyed 20 pieces of enemy equipment.
Source: Joint Forces Task Force press centre; Skhid (East) operational and tactical group Facebook page
Quote from Joint Forces Headquarters: "Along the entire line of defence the enemy is using combat aircraft, multiple launch rocket systems, large-calibre tubed artillery, tanks and mortars of various systems, and is launching missile and bomb attacks on civilian infrastructure and peaceful residential areas.
Ukrainian defenders from the Joint Forces Task Force repulsed 13 enemy attacks today. Fighting is still underway at 2 locations."
Details: The Ukrainian military has destroyed 2 Russian tanks, 6 artillery systems, 8 armoured combat vehicles and 4 cars.
In addition, the air defence forces have shot down 7 Russian Orlan-10 drones in the sky over Donbas.
The Skhid (East) operational-tactical group destroyed a Russian ammunition depot with an artillery strike. They report that they have destroyed:
- personnel – 38 people killed
- armoured personnel carriers – 1
- armoured combat vehicles – 1
- artillery systems – 1
- mortars – 2
- artillery tractors – 2
- unmanned aerial vehicles – 1
- unmanned aerial system crew – 1