Horrible! Ukrainian close combat kills 460 of Russian soldiers in fierce battle near Bakhmut

Gunners from the 92nd separate mechanized brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces named after Kosh Ataman Ivan Sirk destroyed two self-propelled artillery installations, a TOR anti-aircraft missile system, seven trucks, an ammunition depot, twelve sites and a multipurpose armored invader tractor with ease towards Svativskyi.

Volyn Artillery Brigade of the Territorial Defense of the Armed Forces of Ukraine destroyed a Russian invader tank in a firing position in a forest with well-targeted fire from the Italian 155-millimeter howitzer "FH 70", which was handed over to Ukraine by the Baltic states.

A spokesman for the Ukrainian military's Eastern Group, Serhii Cherevatyi said Wednesday there had only been two or three clashes in the area over the past two days.

But he said the Russians covered their troop rotation with artillery fire, and Ukrainian positions had been shelled 343 times as of Wednesday.

Group K-2 fighters of the 54th separate mechanized brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine destroyed two 120-mm mortars from the Russian invaders and set fire to their fuel and lubricants.

Meanwhile the fifth separate assault brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, using an anti-tank missile system destroyed a Russian invader tank in firing position in the field.

The General Staff of the Ukrainian Armed Forces reported on June 1 that Russia had lost 208,370 troops in Ukraine since the start of the full-scale invasion on February 24 last year.
This number includes the 460 casualties suffered by Russian forces over the past few days.

As the Institute for the Study of War think tank said in Tuesday's assessment of the Ukraine war, Russia was very aggressive in launching drone strikes against Kyiv over the weekend.

However, the Ukrainian General Staff reported its air defenses shot down 29 of the 31 drones that Russia launched against Kyiv during the weekend raid.