Ukraine has suffered over 1,500 casualties in a series of border raids this week, according to Moscow
Russian military and security forces repelled the latest Ukrainian attempted incursion on Thursday, resulting in multiple fatalities on the Kiev’s side, Moscow’s Defense Ministry reported on Friday morning.
The operation involved Ukrainian commandos and foreign mercenaries seeking to infiltrate Russia, according to the ministry. The group of up to 30 fighters arrived in helicopters at a location about a kilometer from the border, and moved on foot towards the village of Kozinka in Belgorod Region.
The stealth approach worked for some time, and the troops reached the outskirts of the border settlement, the statement said. But they were spotted while trying to move deeper into the village, triggering a reaction by Russian forces, including military personnel and border guards of the Federal Security Service (FSB).
The team was then targeted by Russian artillery and military aviation. The territory through which other Ukrainian troops could reach Kozinka to prop up the advance force was remotely mined. The Ukrainians were then forced out of the village, with survivors running into the freshly placed minefield and getting killed, according to the statement. An attempted evacuation was stopped by rocket artillery.
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