Ukraine says Russia lost 6 generals, Moscow destroyed the ‘mercenary’ base in Ukraine

Mykhailo Podolyak, an adviser to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on March 20 wrote on Twitter: “The high death rate among senior officers of the Russian army is remarkable. Six Russian generals have been killed. , including Major Generals Tushayev, Gerasimov, Kolesnikov, Sukhovetsky, Mityaev and Lieutenant General Mordvichev. Dozens of colonels and other officers.”

Podolyak said that the Russian military “is not fully prepared and only fights with the majority with cruise missiles”.

The body of a Russian fighter jet crashed in a residential area in Chernihiv, Ukraine. Photo: Reuters

The Guardian newspaper quoted Oleksiy Arestovych, another adviser to President Zelensky, as asserting that the frontline areas “are practically frozen” because Russian forces “do not have enough combat power to advance further”. According to the official, in the past 24 hours there have been no missile attacks on Ukrainian cities.

Destroyed Russian military vehicle with the letter Z on the outside in Kharkiv, Ukraine. Photo: Reuters

On the same day, the Kiev Independent newspaper published a new assessment of the Ukrainian armed forces on the estimated damage caused to the troops Russia. Ukrainian authorities statistics, since fight broke out on February 24, the forces of this country destroyed 14,700 Russian soldiers, destroyed 476 tanks, 1,487 armored personnel carriers, 947 military vehicles, 60 refueling vehicles, 96 aircraft, 118 helicopters with 74 multiple rocket launchers, 3 ships, 21 drones, 230 cannons, 44 air defense systems and 12 other special equipment of Moscow.

Earlier, on the evening of March 19, the Institute for the Study of War in the US also assessed: “Ukrainian forces have defeated the initial Russian campaign in this war. The culmination was to create conditions of obstruction and obstruction. choking in most of Ukraine”.

Moscow has not yet responded to the above information.

Russia’s Su-35 fighter jet is taking off to participate in the military operation in Ukraine. Photo: Russian Ministry of Defense

Meanwhile, RT radio, citing a statement from the Russian Defense Ministry, said that the Russian army attacked a training center of Ukrainian special forces in the town of Ovruch in the Zhytomyr region, northern Eastern European country. early morning of March 20 with “high-precision air-launched missiles”. According to Russian military spokesman Igor Konashenkov, the strike eliminated more than 100 special forces troops Ukraine and foreign “mercenaries”.

A week ago, Russian forces also bombarded another Ukrainian military base in Yavoriv in the western region of Lviv, near the border with Poland. The Russian military claims to have killed 180 foreign soldiers in this raid. However, Kiev put the death toll at just 35 people and all were Ukrainians.

Tuan Anh