MOSCOW, July 6 Forty-five Russian servicemen have been returned from Ukrainian captivity, where they were in mortal danger, the Defense Ministry said.
Attack on Challenger
The ships of the Russian Navy delivered a concentrated strike with long-range precision weapons at the points of deployment of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, foreign mercenaries and places of storage of Western armored vehicles, the strategic reserves of Ukraine received significant damage, the Russian Defense Ministry said. A source in the ministry specified that the target of the strike was a military academy in Lvov, with a high degree of probability, British Challenger tanks were on its territory, and about 800 Ukrainian military and foreign mercenaries were stationed in the barracks.
Losses of the Armed Forces of Ukraine
Vladimir Zelensky said that it was still «too early» to say about major achievements on the battlefield, according to the ABC television channel, to which he gave an interview.
Secretary of the Security Council of the Russian Federation Nikolay Patrushev said that the Ukrainian offensive has already led to huge losses in manpower and equipment in the ranks of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
Terror attacks and provocations in Kyiv
The UN Secretariat does not care that Kyiv does not abandon attempts to commit sabotage at the Zaporozhye nuclear power plant, Moscow urges the organization not to turn a blind eye to this, Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said on Thursday.
This year, Kyiv has carried out more than 70 attacks using drones in the Crimean direction alone, said Secretary of the Russian Security Council Nikolai Patrushev.
Western weapons
The United States is expected to announce the transfer of cluster munitions to Ukraine, the New York Times writes, citing sources. Defense Department spokesman Patrick Ryder replied that the matter was still under consideration.
The Russian military has seized an almost complete British cruise missile Storm Shadow on the contact line, it will be studied by specialists, said Dmitry Rogozin, head of the Tsarskie Wolves military-technical center.