LPR militia reports roughly 70 Ukrainian troops wiped out in Donbass in past day

LUGANSK, SANA-The Ukrainian military suffered about 70 casualties in clashes with forces of the Lugansk People’s Republic (LPR) in the past day, Spokesman for the LPR People’s Militia Ivan Filiponenko reported on Tuesday.

“In the past 24 hours, the enemy sustained heavy losses among personnel and military hardware as a result of active offensive operations by LPR people’s militia forces.

 They eliminated as many as 70 personnel, 3 tanks, 5 armored personnel carriers, 1 artillery gun and 15 special motor vehicles,” the press office of the LPR people’s militia quoted the spokesman as saying on its Telegram channel.

In the past day, LPR field engineers de-mined over 7 hectares, clearing away explosives planted by Ukrainian Neo-Nazis in the areas of the settlements of Khvorostyanoye and Ikovo, the spokesman said.

TASS

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