Ukraine war: Kyiv reports heavy casualties - Johnson visits

Created: 06/18/2022Updated: 06/18/2022 06:32

By: Daniel Dillman

A high-ranking general in the Ukrainian army estimates the high losses in the war with Russia.

Fighting in Donbass continues.

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• High losses:

  In the Ukraine war, a high-ranking general of Ukraine reports the material losses of its own army.

• Heavy fighting:

  Russia continues its attacks in the east of the country.

  The city of Sieverodonetsk remains hotly contested.

• Civilian casualties:

  The number of civilians who lose their lives in the Ukraine conflict is also increasing.

Kyiv - After 114 days of war in Ukraine, the attacker from Russia seems to have the luck of the war on his side.

According to a high-ranking general, the Ukrainian army has suffered high material losses since the fighting began.

"To date, as a result of active combat, we have an estimated 30 to 40, sometimes up to 50 percent losses in our equipment," Brigadier General Volodymyr Karpenko told the US magazine "National Defense".

In the meantime, around "1,300 infantry fighting vehicles, 400 tanks and 700 artillery systems have been lost."

++ Ukraine war: Johnson assures further support

In order to be able to continue to defend against the attacks from Russia, military support and new weapons from the West are needed above all.

The Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyj, who surprisingly received British Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Friday, also demands this.

During his spontaneous visit to Kyiv, he promised no new weapons for Ukraine, but at least training programs for the soldiers.

Military trainers from Great Britain had already instructed the Ukrainian army in the use of modern Western weapons at the beginning of the Ukraine conflict and before the start of hostilities.

Johnson also promised Selenskyi the delivery of additional weapon systems.

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++ Ukraine war: fighting in the east of the country

The fighting between Ukraine and Russia continued to focus on the Donbass region on Saturday night.

In particular, the city of Sievjerodonetsk in the Luhansk region remains fiercely contested.

The Russian army fired again at the Azot chemical plant on Friday.

According to the Ukrainian army, more than 560 civilians have sought shelter on the extensive factory premises.

Among them are said to be 38 children.

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A burnt-out car after a missile attack near Donetsk.

The war with Russia is raging in eastern Ukraine in particular.

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++ Ukraine war: number of civilian casualties increases continuously

The number of civilian casualties in the Ukraine war is also steadily increasing.

This is also confirmed by reports from the region around the city of Donetsk.

Four people were killed there by a Russian missile attack, according to regional governor Pavlo Kyrylenko.

Six other people were injured in the attack.

The authorities in the southern Ukrainian city of Mykolayiv reported two dead and 20 injured after attacks by the Russian army.

The governor of the region, Vitaly Kim, spoke of repeated rocket attacks from Russia on residential areas in the region.

The Kremlin, on the other hand, denies shelling residential areas.

(dil/dpa)