Ukrainian military repulsed eight enemy attacks
The Russian occupying army continues to unsuccessfully attack the positions of Ukrainian troops in the area of responsibility of the operational and tactical group “East”. Ukrainian defenders hold back the offensive. This was announced on the evening of May 16 by the press service of the group.
“Ukrainian defenders continue to deter the aggressor in the area of responsibility of the operational and tactical group” East “. In particular, on May 16, Russian fascist troops carried out 8 attacks. Our artillery inflicted fire damage on the accumulation of personnel and equipment. In addition, the ammunition depot was destroyed, ”OTU Vostok said in a statement.
As a result of these battles, 178 Russian soldiers and a lot of equipment were destroyed. In particular, the invaders lost five tanks, seven infantry fighting vehicles, two armored personnel carriers, two armored combat vehicles, one artillery tractor and one artillery system, three multiple rocket launchers, two mortars and one drone.
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occupier's air targets.
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