Ukrainian Joint Forces repel 17 enemy attacks, destroy two helicopters, three tanks

The Ukrainian Joint Forces reported this on Facebook, according to Ukrinform.

According to the report, Ukrainian fighters continue to conduct a defensive operation in their area of responsibility in the Donetsk and Luhansk regions.

Along the entire line of defense, Russian troops use combat aircraft, multiple rocket launchers, large-caliber artillery, tanks, mortars of various systems, launching missile and bomb strikes on civilian infrastructure and residential areas.

The invaders shelled 23 settlements in the Donetsk and Luhansk regions, destroying and damaging 32 houses.

Ukrainian defenders of the Joint Forces repelled 17 enemy attacks on May 15. The invaders are suffering losses in manpower and equipment.

In the past day, Ukrainian Joint Forces servicemen destroyed three tanks, an artillery system, six armored vehicles and an enemy vehicle.

Air defense units shot down two enemy helicopters (a Ka-52 and a Mi-28) and five Orlan-10 drones in eastern Ukraine.

This week, the Ukrainian Joint Forces repulsed 93 enemy attacks during. Ukrainian defenders destroyed 58 Russian tanks, 26 artillery systems, including a multiple rocket launcher, 98 armored fighting vehicles, seven units of special engineering equipment, 33 vehicles, an anti-aircraft gun and an anti-aircraft missile system.

At the same time, Ukrainian air defense units downed four helicopters and 27 enemy drones.

Photo: General Staff of the Ukrainian Armed Forces