Russia announced the death of about 100 “foreign mercenaries” during shelling in Donetsk

The Russian Defense Ministry announced this Sunday that “hundreds of foreign mercenaries” were killed in a high-precision missile attack near the town of Chasov Yar in the Ukrainian region. Donetskin the east of the country.

“Up to 100 foreign mercenaries and six armored vehicles were destroyed in the area of ​​Chasovoy Yar as a result of a strike by precision-guided weapons of the Russian Aerospace Forces at the points of temporary deployment of the militia of the so-called Foreign Legion,” he said. said the official representative of the Russian Army, General Igor Konashenkov.

This small town, which is under Ukrainian control, has been the scene of intense fighting for several days. Ukraine said last Saturday at least three people were injured in a Russian missile hit on a residential building, according to the Ukrainian military governor of the region, Pavel Kirilenko.

In addition, General Konashenkov also reported on the shelling of six Ukrainian command posts in the Kherson and Kharkiv regions and other points in Donetsk, in particular, in the cities of Sadovoye, Dudchany, Zolotaya Balka, Yampol and Kislovka, according to the press. Russian news agency TASS reports.

Finally, Konashenkov announced the destruction of an ammunition depot for the HIMARS multiple launch rocket system (MLRS) of the Armed Forces of Ukraine near the city of Dnipro, the site of intense Russian bombing in recent days.

Russia is depleting its missile arsenal

The British government considers it “probable” that Russia is waging war against Ukraine missiles intended to be used as atomic weapons but lacking nuclear warheads, which would show that it is depleting its stock of long-range projectiles.

In its daily report on the war in Ukraine, the British Ministry of Defense warned against the use of these missiles, which “although they will cause damage due to their kinetic energy and remaining fuel, they are unlikely to be able to achieve a reliable effect on targets.”

In a statement, the agency says the open-source images show the remains of an AS-15 KENT cross-over missile, developed in the 1980s solely for use as a nuclear weapon and whose head was to be replaced with ballast.

Zelensky asks UN for help

President of Ukraine Vladimir Zelenskylast Wednesday asked his allies to provide him with additional air and missile defenses in response to the latest attacks by Russia, which it has accused of trying to destroy the country’s energy infrastructure to make millions suffer in the winter.

Zelensky spoke via videoconference at an emergency meeting United Nations Security Council, at his country’s request after the Russian army launched a new massive missile attack on Kyiv and other Ukrainian cities, which killed several people and injured thirty.

(According to Europa Press)