Russia says it killed 250 Ukrainian soldiers, thwarted major attack
Russia Says It Killed 250 Ukrainian Soldiers, Thwarted Major Attack
It remains unclear whether the reported attack represented the start of a Ukrainian counteroffensive Kyiv has been promising to recapture territory taken by Russia
Drone footage shows armored vehicles on the move in an unidentified location after the Defense Ministry in Moscow said that Russian forces have thwarted a major Ukrainian offensive
Russia said on Monday that its forces had thwarted a major Ukrainian offensive at five points along the front in the southern Ukrainian region of Donetsk and killed hundreds of pro-Kyiv troops.
It was not immediately clear whether or not the reported attack represented the start of a Ukrainian counteroffensive which Kyiv has been promising for months to recapture territory taken by Russian forces after the invasion of February 2022.
Russia's defense ministry said Ukraine had attacked with six mechanized and two tank battalions in southern Donetsk, where Moscow has long suspected Ukraine would seek to drive a wedge through Russian-controlled territory.
"On the morning of June 4, the enemy launched a large-scale offensive in five sectors of the front in the South Donetsk direction," the defense ministry said in a statement posted on Telegram at 1:30 A.M. Moscow time.
"The enemy's goal was to break through our defenses in the most vulnerable, in its opinion, sector of the front," it said. "The enemy did not achieve its tasks, it had no success."
Reuters was unable to immediately verify the Russian statement and the Ukrainian defense ministry and military did not immediately respond to written requests for comment.
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