Photo: Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation
The Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation in its afternoon briefing on June 19 stated that some parts of the Armed Forces of Ukraine are leaving their positions due to low morale, lack of ammunition and supplies.
“The battalion defending in the area of Lisichansk abandoned heavy weapons and abandoned positions”, – said the official representative of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation Igor Konashenkov.
The statement also says that the AFU forces are suffering significant losses from counter-battery fighting, which, according to the representative of the department, forces the Ukrainian command to throw untrained personnel into battle.
In addition, Konashenkov said that the missiles “Caliber” on the afternoon of June 19 hit the AFU control point near the village of Shirokaya Dacha, Dnipropetrovsk region, when a meeting of the command staff of the group of troops “Alexandria” was held there.”. The Ministry of Defense declares the destruction of over 50 generals and officers.