More than four dozen soldiers from the Russian 7th Guards Mountain Air Assault Division were reportedly killed in Donetsk.
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At least another 32 people were injured on top of the 17 confirmed fatalities. At least one child is among the dead, officials said. First responders rushed to douse flames as some of the bodies were still burning on the ground, according to footage. Wounded civilians were rushed by paramedics into emergency vehicles.
“Those who know this place are well aware that it is a civilian area,” Zelensky said. “There aren’t any military units nearby.”The Russian 7th Guards Mountain Airborne Division lost 49 soldiers in one day in eastern Ukraine. Pictured: a funeral in Ufa, Russia, for a VDV fighter.“Whenever there are any positive advances by Ukrainian defense forces in that direction, Russians always target civilian people and civilian objects,” he said.
Members of the elite Russian division were said to be fighting in the area of the strategically important settlement of Robotyne in Zaporizhzhia.The soldier’s comments, according to the think tank’s analysts, suggest that his regiment is still defending Russian positions in western Donetsk and eastern Zaporizhzhia regions, which have seen some of the fiercest fighting in recent months.
“To ensure that we are maximizing the efforts that we’re making and that other countries are making, for the immediate challenge of the counteroffensive, as well as the longer-term efforts to help Ukraine build a force of the future that can deter and defend against any future aggression.”
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