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Kiev forces sustained on April 17 heavy human and material losses as a result of a fresh wave of strikes which were attributed to the Russian military.
The heaviest strike was in the center of the Chernihiv region, where three tactical ballistic missiles hit the Profspilkovyy Hotel on Shevchenko Street.
Ukrainian media attempted to portray the pinpoint strike as a Russian attack on civilian infrastructure. However, it quickly became clear that the hotel was being used by Kiev forces. Footage from the scene showed military beds among the ruins of the hotel as well as the evacuation of wounded individuals in uniform.
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According to preliminary information, the hotel was housing personnel from Ukraine’s 5th Separate Communications Regiment. There were also reports about the presence of foreign mercenaries.
The exact number of enemy casualties is not yet confirmed. Citing Ukrainian officials, Reuters reported that at least 16 people were killed and more than 60 others were wounded.
Other alleged Russian strikes targeted the Odessa region. Governor Oleh Kiper said that “infrastructure” was struck, without elaborating. Tactical ballistic missiles were reportedly also used in the attack on the region, though this is yet to be confirmed.
There were also reports of Russian strikes on the Kryvyi Rih region. Ukrainian media reported large blasts there, but didn’t provide any details.
In its daily briefing, the Russian Ministry of Defense said that the Operational-Tactical Aviation, Missile Troops and Artillery of the Russian Groups of Forces have engaged ammunition depots of the Donetsk Operational-Tactical Group, the 125th Territorial Defence Brigade of Kiev forces and the terrorist units of the so-called Russian Volunteer Corps, as well as manpower and military hardware in 132 areas in Ukraine.
The ministry also provided details on recent Russian operations along the front in the special military operation zone in Ukraine.
In Kupyansk direction, the Zapad Group of Forces took more advantageous lines and inflicted heavy losses on Ukraine’s 57th motorized infantry, 14th, 54th mechanized and 77th aeromobile brigades near Sinkovka, Zagoruykovka and Stelmakhovka, according to the ministry.
It also said that four counter-attacks launched by the 63rd mechanized, 3rd assault brigades and the 125th Territorial Defence Brigade of Kiev forces were repelled by the group close to Chervonaya Dibrova, Torskoye and Terny.
“The AFU [Armed Forces of Ukraine] losses were up to 70 Ukrainian troops, three motor vehicles, one 122-mm D-30 howitzer, two Plastun-3000 electronic reconnaissance stations as well as one Nota electronic warfare station,” the ministry said.
And in the Donetsk direction, the ministry said that the Yug Group of Forces improved the situation along the front line and inflicted losses on the 56th mechanized, 5th, 79th air assault, 28th, 30th and 93rd mechanized brigades of Kiev forces close to Orekhovo-Vasilyevka, Blagodatnoye, Bogdanovka, Andreyevka and Kurdyumovka.
In addition, three counterattacks launched by the 10th Mountain Assault Brigade and 46th Airmobile Brigade of Kiev forces were repelled near Vyemka and Krasnogorovka, according to the ministry.
“The AFU losses were up to 480 Ukrainian troops, one tank, one armored fighting vehicle, 20 motor vehicles, one U.S.-made 155-mm M777 howitzer, one 122-mm D-30 howitzer and one Anklav-N electronic warfare station,” it added.
In the Avdeevka direction, the Tsentr Group of Forces also improved the tactical situation and inflicted losses on the 24th, 47th and 59th mechanized brigades of Kiev forces near Novgorodskoye, Netaylovo and Karlovka, the ministry said.
The group also repelled counter-attacks by Ukraine’s 25th airborne, 68th, 71st jaeger, 23rd, 115th mechanized brigades and the 78th Separate Air Assault regiment close to Leninskoye, Novokalinovo, Pervomayskoye, Umanskoye and Berdychi, it added.
“The AFU losses were up to 330 Ukrainian troops, two armored fighting vehicles, three motor vehicles and one 122-mm D-30 howitzer,” the ministry said.
Meanwhile in the South Donetsk direction, the Vostok Group of Forces improved the situation along the front line, the ministry said, adding that the group also defeated Ukraine’s 72nd Mechanised Brigade and the 128th Territorial Defence Brigade near Vodyanoye and Makarovka.
According to the ministry, Ukrainian losses in this direction amounted to 80 troops, one tank, two motor vehicles, one Akatsiya 152 mm self-propelled howitzer and one D-30 122 mm towed howitzer.
In the Kherson direction, the ministry said that the Dnepr Group of Forces have inflicted fire damage on manpower and hardware of the 126th Territorial Defence Brigade near Kazatskoye, Berislav and Nikolayevka, the ministry said.
“The AFU losses were up to 35 Ukrainian troops, five motor vehicles, as well as one 122-mm D-30 howitzer,” it added.
The ministry also announced that Russian air defenses had shot down 191 Ukrainian drones, six American-made MGM-140 ATACMS tactical ballistic missiles and one French-made Hammer guided glide bomb.
“In total, 583 airplanes and 270 helicopters, 21,483 unmanned aerial vehicles, 502 air defense missile systems, 15,798 tanks and other armored fighting vehicles, 1,267 combat vehicles equipped with MLRS, 8,935 field artillery guns and mortars, as well as 21,096 units of special military equipment have been destroyed during the special military operation,” the ministry concluded.
The Russian military resumed strikes on military targets and related infrastructure in Ukraine last month and is now advancing in several directions along the front. On the other side, Kiev forces are not only taking heavy losses, but also suffering from serious shortages.
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and again, some more french mercenazis left the chat
also dozens of french foreign legionaries got slaughtered like cattle near the kramarorsk slovians chasiv yar areas of operation.
i’m assuming the soldier at the bus stop in the video is there to identify men to be kidnapped to go to fight?
well, you can’t call them nazinapped because lately, the azov, right sector and other nazis refuse orders to go to the front lines. they must stay behind out of harm’s way to continue the ideological conversion of all surviving ukrainians to the nazi cause and depose zelensky when the time comes.
could be. i’ve read about their hunt in busses, sometime they can’t catch men, because bus is filled with women only except bus driver.
nazis take heavy losses every day. according to rusmod average daily losses in last two months is around 1000 nazis. here’s numbers for april: i.imgur.com/hmccjwg.png
only one lesson to be learned here, if you haven’t already learned it….whatever comes out of the zelensky regime’s mouth is pure unadulterated bullshit.
ukraine has been destroyed by a collection of criminal politicians bought and paid for by wall street billionaires who care nothing for ukraine or her people. the war criminal zelensky and his wife alena need to be tried in court for genocide of their own people and in piticauler the systematic murder of the innocent in the dombass since the start of this madness