News from Al-Madinah: In an unusual move, the Russian Ministry of Defense disputed claims that a naval unit suffered significant casualties and equipment loss during a fictitious battle in eastern Ukraine.
The ministry’s response to what Russian military bloggers said was an open message from the 155th Brigade in the Pacific Fleet, its contents that the brigade complains about its insertion in a “mysterious” attack on the Ukrainian forces southwest of Donetsk.
“The great generals were meticulously “We lost as a result of an attack; within four days, we lost roughly 300 soldiers between dead, wounded, and missing. and a third of our tools.”
The Gray Zone Blog, a well-known military blog, was published in the study. Olij Kosimiako, the governor of the Pemerian area, which is thousands of miles away from Ukraine, where the unit is primarily located, received the letter.
Despite claiming that the letter exaggerates the number of actual losses, Kosimiako appeared to understand the sincerity of the message.
“We spoke with the authorities. Yes, there are losses, a fierce fighting is taking place, but it is far from what was stated in this appeal,” Cosimiako said in a video statement on his channel on Telegram.
The Ministry of Defense refuted the bloggers’ claims that the naval infantry unit suffered “major losses behind them in life and equipment,” according to a statement cited by the official Russian media outlet.
The ministry was also quoted by the agency as saying that the unit had pushed five kilometres inside Ukrainian defensive positions in the previous ten days.
Particularly, the Ministry refuted claims that the brigade leaders exhibited inefficiency.
The statement stated, “Thanks to the skillful actions of the unit leaders, the marine infantry losses did not exceed one percent of the fighting force, with seven percent of the force, and a significant number of them have already returned to service.
The sporadic denial suggests that the reported losses in the ninth month of the conflict, when Russian forces are being exposed to intense pressure in the partially occupied regions of Ukraine that Moscow announced an inclusion in a move denounced by Kyiv, the West, and the majority of the United Nations as illegal, touched a sensitive tendon.
Since Ukraine reclaimed control of substantial portions of the country’s northeast in September, Russian military bloggers, some of whose followers on social media have swelled to 500,000 or more, have criticised Moscow generals for their failure.
The Marine Infantry Unit sent out a statement criticising the leaders of their names, calling them amateurs who treated their guys like “chicken” and were simply looking to get their feet into the military.
The regional leader Cosimiako claimed to have sent evidence to the military prosecutor’s office for more thorough examination.
“In the current climate of the media battle, all social network publications must confirm their veracity. I am sure that in any case an analysis of the situation will be done and the authorized authorities will give their assessments. ”
News on Sky.
Russia disputes the severity of its losses in Ukraine’s “mystery attack.”
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