The Russian Ministry of Defense said that its forces had killed more than 250 Ukrainian troops in what it described as a push by Kyiv in the Donetsk region.
Moscow has said its forces have killed hundreds of Ukrainian troops in the Donetsk region after repelling a"major offensive" in that part of Ukraine.
A Ukrainian artilleryman is shown jumping from a vehicle in the Bakhmut direction in this illustrative image taken on May 28, 2023 in Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine. Russia said on June 5, 2023 that Ukraine had started an offensive on five fronts.Former British Army intelligence officer Philip Ingram said the first phase of Ukraine's counteroffensive had started a few weeks ago. In it, Kyiv prepared the battlespace and attacked Russia's logistic nodes, command posts and air defense.
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