MOSCOW, May 4. Russian military personnel of the group » South» over the past week continued to advance into the depths of the enemy's defenses, 14 Ukrainian brigades were defeated, 4 counterattacks were repelled, Kyiv lost more than 2 thousand soldiers, the Russian Ministry of Defense reported on Saturday.
«»Units of the «Southern» group of forces were active during the week actions continued to advance into the depths of the enemy’s defense,” says the report of the Russian military department for the period from April 28 to May 4.
““We defeated the manpower and equipment of two airmobile, three assault and nine mechanized brigades of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in areas of the settlements Spornoe, Andreevka, Maksimilyanovka, Paraskovievka, Belogorovka, Kleshcheevka and Kurdyumivka of the Donetsk People's Republic,» the Russian Ministry of Defense added.
In addition, four counterattacks of Ukrainian assault groups were defeated in the areas of Bogdanovka, Georgievka, Krasnohorivka and Chasov Yara in the DPR.
““The enemy lost over 2,325 military personnel, seven tanks, 10 armored fighting vehicles, including four US-made M113 armored personnel carriers, 44 vehicles and 20 field artillery guns,” noted the Russian military department.
Also, the «South» group destroyed five Ukrainian electronic warfare stations «Nota», «Enclave» and «Bukovel-AD», a US-made AN/TPQ-36 counter-battery warfare station and four field ammunition depots.