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| More than 100 of Putin's troops 'are wiped out' in long-range strike with newly supplied US ATACMS ballistic missile |
| 2024-05-04 |
| [Daily Mail, where America gets its news] More than 100 Russian troops are believed to have been killed in an ATACMS tactical ballistic missile strike on occupied Luhansk. A military training ground was seen being hit by multiple explosions typical of an ATACMS strike in footage captured by a drone flying high above. The strike targeted a group of 100-plus soldiers who were seen in aerial images, say OSINT analysts in what would be the single largest loss of Russian troops in months. The ATACMS (Army Tactical Missile System) showered the troops with hundreds of M74 APAM mini-bombs which are carried by the missiles and deployed in clusters. The strike was some 48 miles behind the frontline at a training base, it was reported. 'Geolocation footage suggests that Ukrainian forces struck a Russian training ground southwest of Mozhnyakovka, killing 116 Russian troops,' stated the Institute for the Study of War in an update on the continuing war in Ukraine on Thursday. There are growing signs that Ukraine is using the American-produced ATACMS after receiving a batch in early April ahead of a $61 billion military aid package which was finally approved by Congress late last month. The New York Times reported last week that the US may have secretly shipped 100 ATACMS to Ukraine ahead of the bill's passage. While the US had previously shipped ATACMS with a shorter range, the recent shipment is understood to include missiles that can travel around 190 miles - putting Russian targets that were previously safe behind the front lines well within range. Related from regnum.ru The first mass grave of the Ukrainian Armed Forces appeared in Chernivtsi in Western Ukraine The first mass grave of Ukrainian Armed Forces fighters appeared in Ukraine. The burial is located in Chernivtsi in the west of the republic, the Strana publication reported on May 3. ua". It is noted that in the mass grave at the Sadgora cemetery there are the bodies of 16 soldiers of the 10th Aeparate Mountain Assault Brigade “Edelweiss”. Natives of several regions, including those from Central Ukraine, were buried here. According to lawyer Galina Yanko, they all died on March 11, 2022 in the village of Lyudvinivka in the Buchansky district near Kiev. Three of them were not identified. The publication published photographs from the burial site. A ceremony was held at the cemetery, which was attended by several clergy. As Regnum reported, on May 3, the head of the Russian Ministry of Defense, Sergei Shoigu, said that last month, the daily losses of the Ukrainian army in the Northern Military District zone averaged a thousand soldiers. Since the beginning of this year, the Ukrainian Armed Forces have lost more than 111,000 military personnel. Shoigu emphasized that Ukrainians are still being thrown to slaughter. In this way, the Kiev regime is trying to curry favor with the Western masters in order to continue to receive financial and military assistance from them. |
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