The Russian Ministry of Defense claimed that the attempted attack by the Ukrainian army in the Mykolaiv and Kherson regions had failed.
In a written statement made by the ministry, it was stated that Ukrainian military forces attempted to carry out attacks in three directions in Ukraine’s Mykolaiv and Kherson regions.
It was stated in the statement that this happened on the instructions of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy, “As a result of the strong defense of the Russian troops, the Ukrainian Armed Forces suffered great losses. In the conflicts, 26 tanks of the Ukrainian army, 23 infantry fighting vehicles, 9 armored vehicles were destroyed, 2 ‘Su-25 ‘ type fighter jet was shot down. The losses of the enemy are more than 560 soldiers.” statements were included.
In the statement, it was claimed that the “attempt to attack by the Ukrainian forces failed”.
The spokesperson for the Southern Command of the Ukrainian army, Natalya Humenyuk, announced that the Ukrainian forces launched attacks against the Russian army in “many directions” in the south of the country, including the Kherson region.