The Russian military destroyed a French-made Samp-T anti-aircraft complex for the first time, the Russian Defense Ministry said on Wednesday.
“During the day, … the French-made Samp-T anti-aircraft missile system was destroyed,” the ministry said.
“The enemy lost up to 175 military personnel, two tanks, five vehicles, a Giatsint-S self-propelled gun and four Gvozdika self-propelled artillery mounts [in the Kupyansk direction],” the ministry said in a statement, adding that Ukraine lost “up to 260 soldiers, two tanks” in the Liman area.
The Ukrainian armed forces have lost approximately 430 servicepeople in Kupyansk and Lyman areas in the past 24 hours, the Russian Defense Ministry said.
Ukraine also lost up to 105 soldiers in the South Donetsk area and up to 220 soldiers in the Donetsk area, where Russia has repelled two attacks in the past 24 hours.
