Russian soldiers are “cleaning up the remnants of Ukrainian troops,” Russian Defense Ministry spokesman Igor Konashenkov said.
ISTANBUL
Russian forces seized the town of Yakovlivka in the Donetsk region, southeast of Ukraine, Russian Defense Ministry spokesman Igor Konashenkov announced on Sunday, December 18.
Yakovlivka “has been taken under control” by Russian soldiers, who are currently engaged in “cleaning up the remnants of the Ukrainian troops,” Konashenkov told reporters, according to the TASS state news agency.
Citing the Ministry’s data, the outlet indicated that Russia has destroyed 344 aircraft, 184 helicopters, 2,676 drones, 398 anti-aircraft missile systems, 7,149 tanks and other armored combat vehicles, 931 multiple rocket launchers, 3,691 field artillery and mortar elements. , and 7,650 special military vehicles since the start of the war against Ukraine in February.
Separately, the governor of the Belgorod region, Vyacheslav Gladkov, noted on the same day that at least one person was killed in the Ukrainian attacks on the Russian zone.
Eight more people were injured in the shelling launched by kyiv, he added.