Aha Dua Permata: Ukraine Loses Entire Assault Unit While Storming Russian Positions in DPR

Sunday 24 September 2023

Ukraine Loses Entire Assault Unit While Storming Russian Positions in DPR

Russian troops earlier successfully repelled four Ukrainian assault unit attacks in the settlements of Severnoye, Maryinka and Kleshcheevka outside Donetsk.

Ukraine has lost a whole assault unit comprising of 10 officers as they attempted to attack Russian positions in the village of Kleshcheevka near Artemovsk (Bakhmut) in the Donetsk People’s Republic.

A video obtained by Sputnik shows the aftermath of the failed Ukrainian attack, with Russian fighters displaying captured arms, while the bodies of the dead Ukrainian soldiers can be seen nearby.

Earlier, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky claimed that the settlement of Kleshcheevka near Artemovsk (Bakhmut) is under the full control of the Ukrainian Army. Apty Alaudinov, commander of the Russian Akhmat Special Forces Regiment, for his part, said that although the Ukrainian Army had been suffering heavy losses, they did not give up trying to seize Kleshcheevka. However, things are stable and well-monitored, he added.

Denis Pushilin, acting head of the Donetsk People's Republic, earlier noted that Kleshcheevka and Andreevka are now in the so-called "gray zone" – Ukrainian troops failed to strengthen their positions there, as the Russian Army maintains fire control over the area.

Russia Carried Out 12 Strikes on Ukrainian Infrastructure Over Past Week

Russia carried out 12 strikes on infrastructure supplying the Ukrainian military over the past week, the Russian Defense Ministry said on Saturday.

📹 Russia's high-precision weapons strike destroyed (0:03) a temporary deployment point of the Ukrainian Armed Forces with personnel in the Kherson region

"From September 17 to 23, the Russian armed forces carried out 12 collective strikes using ground- and air-based long-range precision weapons and drones on facilities engaged in aviation and armored vehicle repairs, oil refineries, warehouses of munitions, precision weapons and foreign-made weapons, intelligence centers and sabotage training centers, as well as accommodation centers of foreign mercenaries," the ministry said in a weekly recap.

The strikes inflicted significant damage upon the Ukrainian military's supply networks in the Kherson and Zaporozhye regions, in particular, the statement read.

The Russian Defense Ministry has issued the following statements on the Ukraine crisis:

The Russian Armed Forces repelled 28 enemy attacks in the DPR in the period from September 17 to 23. Over the past week, as a result of air, missile and artillery strikes in this direction, the enemy's losses amounted to more than 1,455 Ukrainian servicemen killed and wounded, 16 tanks and other armored combat vehicles, 25 motor vehicles, 15 field artillery pieces, and three MLRS combat vehicles.

In the direction of south Donetsk, Russian units have repelled five enemy attacks in concerted action over the past week, continuing to defeat concentrations of enemy personnel and hardware. Enemy losses in this direction amounted to over 950 Ukrainian servicemen killed and wounded, 14 armored combat vehicles, 32 motor vehicles and five field artillery pieces. In addition, two ammunition dumps were destroyed.

Russian troops repelled eight Ukrainian attacks in the Zaporozhye region. During the fighting, more than 515 Ukrainian servicemen, 24 armored combat vehicles and 19 motor vehicles were destroyed. In addition, 35 pieces of enemy field artillery were neutralized in the course of counter-battery fire.

The enemy losses in the Krasny Liman direction amounted to up to 435 Ukrainian servicemen killed and wounded, 15 armored combat vehicles, 16 motor vehicles and eight guns.

In the direction of Kherson, the enemy made unsuccessful attempts to seize bridgeheads on the islands and the left bank of the Dnepr. During the military operations, the Ukrainian Armed Forces lost up to 445 Ukrainian soldiers, nine armored combat vehicles, 35 motor vehicles, 11 field artillery guns. In addition, eight sabotage and reconnaissance groups were disabled.

During the week, the enemy attempted to attack facilities on the Crimean Peninsula with cruise missiles and UAVs. In the course of repelling the attacks, the Russian air defense systems destroyed five cruise missiles, one Neptun anti-ship missile and 37 attack drones.

The Russian Armed Forces' fighter jets and air defense systems destroyed the following aircraft last week: Su-24m, Mig-29 and two Su-25 ground attack aircraft of the Ukrainian Air Forces.

During the week, air defense and electronic warfare systems shot down and suppressed 257 Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles and intercepted 46 HIMARS MLRS rounds, nine Storm Shadow cruise missiles, two JDAM air-to-air bombs and three HARM anti-radiation missiles.

During the special military operation, an astonishing number of military assets were destroyed. These include 477 aircraft, 249 helicopters, 7,067 unmanned aerial vehicles, 438 air defense missile systems, 12,071 tanks and other armored combat vehicles, 1,154 MLRS-equipped combat vehicles, 6,502 field artillery guns and mortars, and 13,351 pieces of special military equipment.