Russia transfers medical staff to attend to wounded soldiers in Belgorod – General Staff report
ALYONA MAZURENKO – WEDNESDAY, 15 JUNE 2022, 19:30
Russia is transferring medical staff from across the Russian Federation to Belgorod (near the Russian-Ukrainian state border) in order to attend to wounded military personnel from the Russian army.
Source: General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine on Facebook, information as of 18:00 on 15 June
Quote: "According to the available information, additional medical staff are being deployed to the city of Belgorod and to Belgorod Oblast from across the Russian Federation in order to attend to the wounded military personnel. This confirms the significant losses suffered by the Russian occupiers."
Details: In addition, the General Staff has noted changes in the composition and number of Russian troops deployed on the territory of Ukraine.
For example, an additional battalion tactical group from the 138th Motor Rifle Brigade of the Western Military District of the Russian Armed Forces has joined the Russian occupation forces in Ukraine.
On the Volyn and Polissia fronts, Belarusian forces are continuing to carry out combat engineering tasks in order to reinforce their positions in the areas near the Belarusian-Ukrainian state border in the Pinsk district of Brest Oblast (in Belarus). There is an ongoing threat of missile and airstrikes on Ukraine from the territory of the Republic of Belarus.
On the Sivershchyna front, Russian forces were firing on the positions of Ukrainian troops with mortars in the areas near the Russian-Ukrainian border in Sumy and Chernihiv oblasts of Ukraine.
On the Kharkiv front, Russia’s main efforts are focused on maintaining the established positions and preventing the Ukrainian troops from advancing towards the Ukrainian state border to the north of the city of Kharkiv.
On the Sloviansk front, Russia has focused on continuing to mount the offensive on the Izium – Sloviansk front. Russian occupation forces have launched an unsuccessful assault on the Dovhenke – Krasnopillia front.
Russian forces have attempted to improve their tactical positions near the town of Dolyna, but were decisively repulsed by the Ukrainian forces and were forced to retreat.
On the Sievierodonetsk front, Russian occupation forces are continuing to fire on Ukrainian positions with artillery and MLRS.
Units of Russian troops are conducting assault operations in order to establish full control over the city of Sievierodonetsk; fighting is continuing there. In Toshkivka, the Ukrainian Armed Forces have successfully repulsed another Russian assault.
On the Bakhmut front, Russian forces have shelled the Ukrainian Armed Forces with barrel and jet artillery.
Ukrainian troops inflicted losses on Russian forces during their attempt to advance on the Vasylivka – Yakovlivka and Vasylivka – Berestove front. Russian occupation forces were forced to retreat.
Russian occupiers have deployed an electronic warfare system in Melitopol.
In addition, a Russian reserve battalion tactical group has been transferred from Pervomaisk to Kupiansk on the Bakhmut front.
Units of the 8th Guards Combined Arms Army of the Southern Military District of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation have been deployed near Komyshuvakha and Popasna after having restored their fighting capacity.
Russian military and law enforcement agencies continue to recruit additional forces to take part in the war against Ukraine by increasing the soldiers’ wages and introducing short-term contracts with the possibility of extending them.
