Russians use chemical ammunition again - military

Ukrainian troops recorded that Russian army use chemical munitions again in the area of Vodiane. Also, Ukrainian Defense Forces repelled 35 attacks on Avdiivka.

According to Ukrinform, this was stayed by Oleksiy Dmytrashkivskyi, the Head of the Joint Press Center of Defense Forces of Tavria direction, on the air of the United News telethon.

"As of the morning, Russians attacked positions in the area of Avdiivka 35 times without the support of equipment. APCs and IFVs were involved in the area of Maryinka, and an infantry group with tanks was working in the area of Karlivka. All attacks were repelled. The enemy also attacked from aviation, four air strikes were carried out, three of them - on the settlements of Orikhiv and Preobrazhenka. Russians fired 307 times: Zaporizhzhia direction - 54 times and Donetsk direction - 253 times. A munition with a chemical substance was also dropped near Vodiane. Most likely, it was a Ka-51 chloropicrin munition," the spokesman said.

Dmytrashkivskyi added that last week the use of chemical munitions was recorded on an increasing scale - two, four, six times. This week it was the first time such ammunition was dropped from a drone. As a result, soldiers in the affected area are unable to conduct combat operations for some time, the spokesman emphasized.

According to the spokesman, the Russian troops lost about two companies of personnel yesterday, and one occupant surrendered. Ukrainian militaries destroyed an ammunition depot and control point.

As Ukrinform reported, Ukraine’s defense forces eliminated about 175,690 Russian soldiers between February 24, 2022, and April 4, 2023, including 530 in the past day alone.

Ukrainian defenders also destroyed 3,627 Russian main battle tanks (including eight tanks in the past day), 6,999 armored combat vehicles (+6), 2,697 artillery systems (+3), and 528 multiple launch rocket systems (+1). The enemy also lost 280 anti-aircraft warfare systems, 306 warplanes, 291 helicopters, 2,277 tactical unmanned aerial vehicles (+15), 911 cruise missiles, 18 warships/boats, 5,562 vehicles and fuel trucks (+9), and 298 pieces of specialized equipment.

Фото: mil.gov.ua