Russian troops destroyed a base of foreign mercenaries outside Odesa, along with an artillery training center in the Sumy region, the Russian defense ministry announced on Saturday.
“High-precision air-launched missiles hit an artillery training center of the Ukrainian Armed Forces near the village of Stetskivka in the Sumy region. In this center, foreign instructors trained Ukrainian servicemen to operate and direct fire of 155 mm M777 howitzers,” Russian Defense Ministry spokesman Igor Konashenkov said in his daily briefing.
Konashenkov also said that a base of foreign mercenaries in the area of Dachne in the Odesa region was destroyed as a result of a missile attack.
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The ministry has also published footage of Ka-52 attack helicopters firing missiles. According to the report, helicopter crews destroyed a tank, an armored personnel carrier and weapons at the positions of the Ukrainian Armed Forces.
The ministry added that its forces shot down a Ukrainian military transport plane carrying weapons and munitions near the Black Sea port of Odesa.
Separately on Saturday, the governor of the Luhansk region said Russian forces were blowing up bridges across the Seversky Donets river to prevent Ukraine bringing in military reinforcements and delivering aid to civilians in the town of Sievierodonetsk.
In a TV broadcast, Serhiy Gaidai said the Ukrainian military continued to hold its positions inside Sievierodonetsk and was pushing back Russian forces in several locations.
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