Emmanuel Thomas, DPA, Sunday, June 18, 2023
OREKHOV – The counteroffensive by Ukraine against the Russian aggression seems not to be making any headway despite information in the public domain, especially from President of Ukraine, Volodymyr Zelensky.
In the last 24 hours, many intelligent offices fighting for Ukraine as well as soldiers have been killed, wounded and captured, while dozens of other fighters have surrendered to Russian soldiers.
Video footage uploaded by Russian military bloggers, show some of the intelligent officers in the Ukraine Armed Forces wounded and been attended to by medical team, with some tied with their hands to the back.
They were captured during Ukrainian offensive at Orekhov in areas occupied by the Russian soldiers.
Although there were casualties from both side, the Russians reported that there were over 50 casualties from the side of Ukraine. Besides, during the onslaught, fighters from the Russian Ministry of Defence captured scouts from the 65th bridgade of the 3rd mechanized battalion of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
The platoon commander was injured in the fracas and given necessary medical care.
However fighting continued in the Zaporozhye region, where Russian attack helicopter Ka-52 destroyed armoured vehicles belonging to Ukraine. They also hit four columns of the Ukrainian army reserve.
A total of nine tanks, ten infantry vehicles and up to ten other armoured vehicles were completely decimated.
