Two senior Russian military officers have been killed in eastern Ukraine, the Russian Defense Ministry said, the latest high-profile losses for Moscow in a grinding war with its western neighbor.
The ministry said the two officers – Col. Vyacheslav Makarov and Col. Yevgeny Brovko – were in killed in action while leading Russian troops in the Donetsk region. It did not specify when or exactly where they were killed. “The commander of the 4th motorized rifle brigade, Colonel Vyacheslav Makarov, being at the forefront, personally led the battle,” a Russian Defense Ministry briefing read.
In total, about 30 combat engagements took place in the above-mentioned areas over the last day,” the military added. The Russian Defense Ministry said Ukraine has made “massive attempts to break through the defense of our troops to the north and south of Artemovsk,” referring to Bakhmut by its Russian name. “All the attacks of the Armed Forces of Ukraine have been repelled. There has been no breakthrough in the defense of Russian forces,” the statement read.
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