Russia: Ukraine lost one US-made M777 system
The Russian Defense Ministry stated on Wednesday that the previous day it eliminated about 200 Ukrainian soldiers, as well as one US-made M777 artillery system, one Gvozdika self-propelled howitzer, a D-30 howitzer, an ammunition depot, and a fuel depot for military equipment, among other equipment.
The ministry went on to claim that, since the beginning of its military operation in Ukraine, it managed to destroy "403 aircraft, 224 helicopters, 3,528 unmanned aerial vehicles, 414 anti-aircraft missile systems, 8,370 tanks and other armored combat vehicles, 1,070 combat vehicles of multiple launch rocket systems, 4,410 field artillery guns and mortars, as well as 9052 units of special military vehicles."
Earlier in the day, pro-Moscow authorities in Ukraine said that Russia's forces have "practically" blocked the city of Bakhmut.