The Ukrainian army claimed Thursday, February 22
, “to have killed or seriously injured”
around sixty Russian soldiers by striking a training ground in the occupied part of the Kherson region, the second strike of this type reported in recent days.
Ukrainian forces carried out
"three strikes"
on Wednesday on this area near the village of Podo-Kalynivka, on the left bank of the Dnieper River, occupied in this region by the Russian army, Natalia Goumeniouk, spokesperson for the Russian Army, told AFP. Ukrainian military word in charge of southern Ukraine.
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Around sixty Russian soldiers were
“killed or seriously injured
,” she said.
The Ukrainian army also published a video, filmed from a drone, in which we can see three explosions on a sandy territory, on the edge of wooded areas.
According to Natalia Goumeniouk, speaking earlier on Ukrainian television, this land is used for training Russian soldiers sent to attack a bridgehead that Kiev established near the village of Krynky at the end of 2023, on the shore left of the Dnieper.
Russia claimed on Tuesday to have recaptured the Krynky area, which kyiv denies.
Wednesday's strike was corroborated by Russian military bloggers.
The Telegram channel Rybar, close to the Russian army, also reported three strikes, the last of which allegedly targeted a team investigating the two previous strikes.
According to Rybar, this training ground is located in the Ukrainian national dune park called Olechkivsky Pisky, about fifteen kilometers from Krynky.
At least 60 Russian soldiers killed
This attack, carried out on Wednesday, came, according to Russian military bloggers, the day after another Ukrainian strike on another Russian training ground in the Donetsk region.
According to the Rybar channel, Tuesday's Ukrainian strike hit land near the town of Volnovakha and was carried out with an American Himars multiple rocket launcher system.
According to the BBC Russian service, troops of the 36th motorized rifle brigade, based in the Siberian region of Transbaikalia, were awaiting the arrival of a commander.
At least 60 soldiers may have been killed, according to the BBC.
Alleged photos of victims of the strike, posted on Telegram, show more than fifteen soldiers dead and lined up before being transported.
Ukrainian authorities have made no comment on the strike.
On Telegram, the Russian governor of the Transbaikalia region affirmed on Wednesday that the information broadcast was
“fallacious”
and
“highly exaggerated”
, while promising help to the families of the soldiers.