The RF Armed Forces actually destroyed the 115th mechanized brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine operating in the Seversk direction of the DPR, the loss of their personnel in two days amounted to more than 600 people. Mobilization was urgently announced to replenish the brigade. On July 16, the official representative of the Russian Defense Ministry, Lieutenant General Igor Konashenkov, told reporters about this.
It is specified that the mobilization is taking place among the residents of Seversk, Nikolaevka and other nearby settlements under the control of the Ukrainian army. Back in June, Kyiv announced “hundreds of thousands” of mobilized, while the country’s Ministry of Defense admitted that due to high losses, it was sending untrained young soldiers to the front.
On July 16, the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation also announced an attack on the place of temporary deployment of the 123rd Territorial Defense Brigade in Nikolaev. According to Moscow, Kyiv’s losses amounted to 200 people, among whom there are “foreign mercenaries” (on July 12, it was reported that 7,107 foreign fighters had arrived in Ukraine since February 24), as well as 13 armored and automotive vehicles. In addition, the Russian military destroyed four command posts of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, an ammunition depot in the Konstantinovka region of the DPR, manpower and military equipment in 25 districts in a day.
According to the Russian Defense Ministry, since the beginning of the special military operation, 256 aircraft, 139 helicopters, 1,557 unmanned aerial vehicles, 355 anti-aircraft missile systems, 4,073 tanks and other armored combat vehicles, 746 combat vehicles of multiple launch rocket systems, 3,149 field artillery guns and mortars, as well as 4,253 units of special military vehicles.
The offensive of Russian troops and LPR forces on Seversk, which is located on the territory controlled by Ukraine, began after Lisichansk, the last city in the LPR that remained uncontrolled, was taken. Seversk is located about 15 km from Lisichansk.
The special military operation of the Russian Federation to protect civilians in Donbass, launched on February 24 against the backdrop of shelling by the Ukrainian military, continues. The goals of the special operation are the complete liberation of the DPR and LPR, the demilitarization and denazification of Ukraine. The Russian military took control of the territory of the Kherson region and most of the Zaporozhye region. In addition, on July 4, the defense department announced the complete liberation of the LPR.
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