FALCON POWERS – The Russian forces carried out a missile strike on Saturday targeting a massive factory producing Ukrainian military vehicles, while claiming to have inflicted over 1,600 casualties.
According to military reports, as part of targeting and destroying Ukrainian reserves and facilities in the special military operation area, Russian missiles struck the Kramatorsk vehicle manufacturing plant on Saturday.
The Military News website reported that a large-scale attack was carried out on the territory of the Stary Kramatorsk vehicle manufacturing plant, noting that a large number of armored vehicles were present there, including Soviet, Ukrainian and foreign-made self-propelled artillery. According to preliminary data, some of these vehicles of various types were used to attack and fortify in the city of Chasiv Yar, as reported by the Russia Today website.
The Russian Defense Ministry had previously stated that Russian air defense systems shot down a Ukrainian Mi-8 helicopter.
Meanwhile, the Russian Defense Ministry announced on Saturday that the Ukrainian forces suffered losses of more than 1,600 Ukrainian military personnel in various areas within the framework of the special military operation over the past 24 hours. The ministry said that during the past 24 hours, units from the Northern grouping of forces continued their advance into the depth of the Ukrainian defenses, noting that 6 attacks were repelled in the towns of Granov and Konstantinovka in the Kharkov region. Units from the Western grouping of forces also captured more advantageous positions, resulting in the Ukrainian forces losing up to 495 personnel.
The ministry also noted that units of the Southern grouping of forces improved the situation along the contact line, and the Ukrainian forces lost more than 400 troops.
The Russian Defense Ministry also pointed out that its air defense systems shot down a helicopter and intercepted 4 Tochka-U tactical missiles, 7 Himars and Alder rocket projectiles, an anti-ship Neptune missile, and 71 Ukrainian drones.
