The Russian armed forces carried out 34 group strikes with missiles and drones on military and energy facilities of Ukraine in the past week in a response to the attempts by Kiev to damage Russian energy and industry facilities, the Russian Defense Ministry said on Friday.
"From April 13-19, the Russian armed forces in a response to attempt by the Kiev regime to damage Russian energy and industry facilities, carried out 34 group strikes with high-precision long-range air and sea-based weapons, as well as unmanned aerial vehicles, as a result of which energy industry facilities, enterprises of the military-industrial complex and Ukraine's railway infrastructure, air defense facilities, arsenals and fuel storage facilities for military equipment were damaged," the ministry said.
Ukrainian Losses in a Week
Ukraine has lost more than 3,550 soldiers in the Donetsk vicinity over the past week, the Russian Defense Ministry said in a statement.
Over the given period, the Russian armed forces have repulsed 53 counterattacks by Ukrainian military in the Avdeyevka outskirts, 11 counterattacks in the Kupyansk direction and seven counterattacks in the Donetsk direction.
"The enemy lost over 3,550 troops, four tanks, five armored combat vehicles and 87 vehicles [in the Donetsk direction]," the ministry said in a statement.
Ukraine has also lost 2,170 soldiers in the Avdeyevka vicinity, up to 760 soldiers in the South Donetsk area, more than 380 soldiers in the Kupyansk suburbs and up to 365 soldiers in the Kherson region, the ministry said.
Additionally Ministry of Defense reported that 27 Ukrainian soldiers chose to surrender to Russian Armed Forces to avoid certain death.
Earlier Sputnik shared an interview with Ukrainian PoW who was escorted to Russian positions by drone. He is treated with dignity and respect.