Probably huge losses: Russian unit now apparently refuses to fight
Created: 06/10/2022, 11:45 am
By: Franziska Schwarz
Picture taken June 10: A Ukrainian fighter in the Kharkiv region © SERGEY BOBOK/AFP
In the Kharkiv region, Putin's soldiers allegedly no longer want to go into combat - too hopeless.
The news ticker on the military situation in the Ukraine war.
War
in Ukraine: Russian troops appear to be withdrawing from Kharkiv region.
Soldiers of Vladimir Putin
: Their morale is falling, according to a report.
Moscow contradicts Kiev
: fighters on Volodymyr Zelenskyy's side with heavy losses.
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news ticker
on the military situation in Ukraine is continuously updated.
Kharkiv - "We are gradually moving forward in the Kharkiv region and liberating our country," said Volodymyr Zelenskyj in the Ukraine war about the situation on war day 107. According to the Ukrainian general staff, Vladimir Putin's troops in the region suffered heavy losses - and want no longer fight.
This is reported by the
Kyiv Independent
.
The refusing soldiers are said to be a motorized infantry unit of the 1st Army Corps.
The information could not initially be independently verified.
Kharkiv is the second largest city in Ukraine. The Kharkiv region borders on the Luhansk region, which has meanwhile been almost completely occupied by Russian troops.
Ukraine News: According to Moscow, Kyiv lost 480 soldiers in one day
Just two days ago, on June 8, the Russian side announced heavy losses among Ukrainian fighters in the battles for Donbass in eastern Ukraine.
Overall, Ukraine (in all combat zones combined) lost more than 480 soldiers within 24 hours.
The Ministry of Defense in Moscow also mentioned rocket attacks on a tank factory in Kharkiv.
In addition, several command posts and troop concentrations as well as positions of rocket launchers with air-to-surface missiles were fired at around the metropolis.
However, the Ukrainian General Staff reported earlier this month that the enemy had gone on the defensive in Kharkiv in the north as well as in the south of the country.
Meanwhile, there is also a rhetorical threat of further escalation.
A Putin propagandist threatened Germany with an invasion.
(AFP/dpa/frs)
