Ukrainian servicemen. File photoMOSCOW, July 28Ukrainian territorial defense fighters shot soldiers from the 58th brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine during their retreat from the village of Pokrovskoye in the DPR, the Russian Defense Ministry said. Pokrovskoe of the Donetsk People's Republic, the remnants of the 15th battalion of the 58th motorized infantry brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine came under heavy fire and were shot by militants of the 118th territorial defense brigade, who occupied the positions of the second echelon in the area of the Bakhmutskoye settlement,» the department said.
LPR Ambassador: Ukrainian troops hold Seversk with the help of detachmentsRussian Aerospace Forces destroyed more than 130 Ukrainian military in the Kherson region. In just a day, Russian troops destroyed:
- —nine command posts of the Armed Forces of Ukraine;
- —six ammunition depots;
- —two batteries of the Uragan MLRS;
- —a MLRS Grad battery.
«In the Kramatorsk region, a Su-35S multirole fighter of the Russian Aerospace Forces the Ukrainian launcher of the S-300 anti-aircraft missile system was destroyed,» the ministry said. Since February 24, Russia has been conducting a special operation to denazify and demilitarize Ukraine. Vladimir Putin called its task «the protection of people who have been subjected to bullying and genocide by the Kyiv regime for eight years.» According to the president, the ultimate goal is to liberate the Donbass and create conditions that guarantee the security of Russia itself. Russia in Ukraine