Russian Defense Ministry: Hundreds of Ukrainian mercenaries, and 20 US mercenaries eliminated  

Moscow, SANA- Russian Ministry of Defense announced Saturday that hundreds of extremists and mercenaries, including Americans and Ukrainian soldiers were eliminated, and Ukrainian military positions were destroyed under Russian armed forces’ high-precision strikes.

RT website quoted the Russian Defense Ministry spokesman, Major General Igor Konashenkov as saying in a media briefing that the Russian armed forces targeted in Andreivka region more than 100 gunmen, including 20 American mercenaries, eliminating them all, adding that at least 200 extremists were also eliminated and more than 150 others were injured due to the high-precision Russian air strikes in the Velikomykhailovka region in Russian Dnipropetrovsk.

Konashenkov pointed out that Russian forces killed more than 200 Ukrainian soldiers after targeting the combat positions of the Ukrainian Tanks battalion affiliated to the 28th Ukrainian Mechanized Brigade, as well as the 212th battalion affiliated to  the Ukrainian armed forces in the Apostolovo region of Dnipropetrovsk.

Konashenkov explained that the Russian air defense systems had shot down 13 missiles (MLRS)in the area of the Kakhovskaya Hydroelectric Power Station in Kherson Melitopol, Zaporozhye.

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