The Russian army said on Saturday that it had “completely eliminated” around 150 Ukrainian soldiers who were trying to cross the Dnieper River, a front line in southern Ukraine, where Kiev forces are trying to penetrate the defenses of Moscow.
“The Russian military defeated an enemy detachment of about 150 people who were trying to gain a foothold on the left bank of the Dnieper,” the Russian Defense Ministry said in a statement.
“The scattered enemy groups have been completely eliminated,” he said.
A “ballistic missile”
Shortly before, the local authorities had mentioned the firing of “a ballistic missile” and urged the population to “stay safe” in this city spared from large-scale attacks after being briefly invaded by Russian forces in beginning of the invasion in February 2022.
This bombardment occurred when Volodymyr Zelensky was visiting Sweden, a country that has provided Kiev with thousands of anti-tank weapons and wants to join NATO despite Moscow’s opposition.
The attack also comes shortly after a meeting, announced this Saturday morning by the Kremlin, between Vladimir Putin and the generals in charge of the military operation in Ukraine in the Russian city of Rostov-on-the-Don, not far from the Ukrainian border.
Russian authorities did not say when the meeting took place, but footage released by state media suggests it was held overnight in the southern city.
Original article published on BFMTV.com
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