Russian MoD: Russian troops liberate Dorozhnyanka community in Zaporozhye Region

MOSCOW-Russian troops have liberated the populated locality of Dorozhnyanka in the Zaporozhye Region eliminating about 50 Ukrainian servicemen, Russian Defense Ministry Spokesman Igor Konashenkov told journalists on Saturday.

“On the southern Donetsk front, as a result of a successful offensive, Russian troops have liberated the community of Dorozhnyanka in the Zaporozhye Region,” he said.

The spokesman also specified that the Russian forces wiped out up to 50 Ukrainian troops, three infantry carriers, two armored combat vehicles and five pickup trucks.

Ukrainian HIMARS, howitzer used to shell Donetsk wiped out

Konashenkov also said that Russian troops eliminated HIMARS and Grad multiple-launch rocket systems and a Gvozdika self-propelled howitzer of the Ukrainian armed forces that were used to shell Donetsk.

“During counterbattery work at firing positions in the vicinity of the Konstantinovka community, a launching pad of a HIMARS multiple-launch rocket system, two Grad multiple-launch rocket system combat vehicles and a 2S1 Gvozdika self-propelled howitzer were eliminated that were used to shell the residential districts of Donetsk and other populated localities in the Donetsk People’s Republic,” he said.

Source: Tass

Edited by Hamda Mustafa