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Over Twenty Attacks Repelled in Donbas and the Weekly Summary from Eastern Ukraine

Ukrainian troops on training of offensive operations with the use of western equipment / Illustrative photo credit: Land Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine
Ukrainian troops on training of offensive operations with the use of western equipment / Illustrative photo credit: Land Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine

Joint Forces and the Eastern operational-tactical group reported on their defense over May 15th and the whole last week – more than a hundred russian attacks in total

Joint Task Force operating in the Ukrainian Eastern Operational Zone, the so-called Donbas, has published a regular report on the situation in its area of responsibility. On May 15, the Ukrainian forces of this unit repelled 17 russian attacks. In two more locations the fighting is still going on. Russian casualties today mount to:

  • three tanks;
  • one artillery system;
  • six armored fighting vehicles; and
  • one non-armored vehicle.

Air defense units shot down two russian helicopters – Ka-52 and Mi-28, and five "Orlan-10" reconnaissance UAVs.

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A Ukrainian serviceman with an NLAW anti-tank missile / / Illustrative photo credit: Land Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine

In the area of responsibility of the operational-tactical task force "East", russian invaders carried out 5 attacks. The russians have lost:

  • 84 personnel;
  • one tank;
  • four IFVs;
  • one AT-T artillery tractor;
  • one helicopter; and
  • one UAV.
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Ukrainian artillerymen on training of offensive operations / Illustrative photo credit: Land Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine

Today's report from the Joint Task Force also includes the statistics over the last week. The military unit has repelled 93 attacks from May 9 to this day. In total, the following enemy equipment was destroyed:

  • one air defense complex;
  • 58 tanks;
  • 26 artillery systems (incl. one MLRS)
  • 98 armored fighting vehicles;
  • 33 special non-armored vevicles;
  • one air defense system;
  • four helicopters; and
  • 27 UAVs.
Over Twenty Attacks Repelled in Donbas and the Weekly Summary from Eastern Ukraine
Illustrative photo credit: Land Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine

It should be noted that those figures apply to only Eastern Operational Zone of warfare, while there are also a few southern operational directions. Find the latest news on the Ukraine-russia War in our daily feed:

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