The Russian Ministry of Defense announced on Sunday that the Russian Air Force targeted the command headquarters and operations centers of the Ukrainian forces in Donetsk.
The Ministry said in a statement that military fighter jets carried out an air strike on deployment points in the areas of Kubanka and Pershotravnevoy on the direction of Kubyansk.
It added that artillery forces thwarted an attempt by Ukrainian forces to advance in the area of Peshanoy, Petropavlovsk.
The Russian Ministry of Defense had previously announced that its forces repelled more than 50 attacks by Ukrainian units on the main fighting axes, including 28 on Donetsk axis alone, noting that the losses of the Ukrainian forces amounted to more than 4,015 soldiers killed and wounded. Among them are about 1,455 on Donetsk axis, more than 950 on South Donetsk axis, 515 on Zaporozhye axis, 215 on the Kubyansk axis, about 435 on Krasny Liman axis, and 445 on the Kherson axis.
Source: National Iraqi News Agency