The Armed Forces of Ukraine on Friday put the number of Russian servicemen «liquidated» since the beginning of the invasion, unleashed at the end of February 2022 on the orders of Russian President Vladimir Putin, at more than 110,000.
The General Staff of the Ukrainian Army has stated in a message on its account on the social network Facebook that «about 110,350» Russian servicemen have been «liquidated» since the beginning of hostilities, including 530 during the last 24 hours.
He has also noted that 3,064 battle tanks, 2,059 artillery systems, 215 anti-aircraft defense systems, 285 aircraft, 272 helicopters, 1,844 drones, 723 cruise missiles, 16 vessels, 4,797 vehicles and fuel tanks and 182 pieces of «special equipment» have been destroyed since the start of the war.
The spokesman of the Ukrainian Army General Staff, Oleksandr Shtupun, has underlined in his daily balance that Russia has carried out 17 shellings and 59 rocket attacks during the last day, directed «in particular against civilian infrastructure», for which he has reminded that «the danger of air and missile attacks by the enemy continues on the whole territory of Ukraine».
«The enemy continues to focus its efforts on launching an offensive in the direction of Bakhmut and is conducting offensive operations in the direction of Bakhmut and Liman,» he stressed, before noting that Ukrainian forces have repelled attacks over the past 24 hours against several localities in Donetsk and Lugansk (east).
On the other hand, he has outlined that the Air Force has carried out during the last day 15 attacks against «enemy concentration areas», as well as three others against «positions of their anti-aircraft systems». «Our missile and artillery units caused damage to two areas of concentration of enemy personnel and military equipment,» he added.
Source: (EUROPA PRESS)
