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Russia's Special Operation in Ukraine
On February 24, 2022 Russia launched a special military operation in Ukraine, aiming to liberate the Donbass region where the people's republics of Donetsk and Lugansk had been living under regular attacks from Kiev's forces.

Ukraine Lost 1,500 People, 28 Tanks in Southern Donetsk Sector - Russian Defense Ministry

© Sputnik / SputnikBTR-80 Russian servicemen at a military position near the city of Energodar, Zaporozhye region.
BTR-80 Russian servicemen at a military position near the city of Energodar, Zaporozhye region. - Sputnik International, 1920, 05.06.2023
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MOSCOW (Sputnik) - Ukraine lost more than 1,500 people and 28 tanks in the southern Donetsk sector in Russia's Donetsk People's Republic (DPR) and Zaporozhye Region, the Russian Defense Ministry said in a statement.
It said that on June 5, Ukraine continued its offensive, concentrating the main efforts on the southern Donetsk sector, adding that active and selfless operations by units of the Vostok grouping of troops, who showed courage and heroism, stopped the enemy, who failed to achieve the assigned tasks.
Zaporozhye NPP. File photo - Sputnik International, 1920, 31.05.2023
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"The attacking units... of the Armed Forces of Ukraine suffered significant losses. The total losses of Ukrainian troops in the southern Donetsk sector amounted to more than 1,500 Ukrainian military personnel, 28 tanks, eight of them Leopards made in Germany, three wheeled AMX-10 tanks made in France and 109 armored combat vehicles," the ministry said.
It looks as though Ukraine has started its long-hyped counteroffensive, though no official confirmation that it has begun has come from Kiev.
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