Russian losses ‘far outnumber’ Ukrainian casualties in Zaporizhzhya counteroffensive
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Russian occupation forces are on the defensive and suffering significant losses on the Zaporizhzhya front, Valeriy Markus, 47th Mahura Brigade’s chief sergeant, announced on June 13.
The aggressor brought more than 100 of their dead to temporarily occupied Tokmak from the Zaporizhzhya front.
In just a few days, the Ukrainian Armed Forces have destroyed 15 enemy tanks, two TOS-1A Solntsepek systems, and many infantry fighting vehicles.
"We are on the offensive, they are on the defensive, and they are suffering losses many times greater than ours," he stressed.
Much of the information in Ukraine originates from Russia, he said, providing an example of Russian propaganda as evidence.
When the Russians claimed that on the first day that they had destroyed a Ukrainian brigade and claimed 350 dead, there were, in fact, only five dead, he said.
"This is a vivid example of how much they lie, (and) to the extent that what they say has nothing to do with reality," he said.
Markus stressed that no one among the Ukrainian military is showing "cowardice" and called for support and assistance to the soldiers.
"All these people need your support," he said.
“Do not behave like jackals. Do not finish people off, it is hard for people, but they are fighting, they are gnawing away meter by meter. Help or keep quiet.”
As of June 12, the Ukrainian Armed Forces are conducting counteroffensives and counterattacks in at least three areas: the flanks of the Bakhmut frontline, western Zaporizhzhya Oblast, and western Donetsk Oblast on the border with Zaporizhzhya.
Ukrainian forces have seen localized successes in the west of Zaporizhzhya Oblast and southwest and southeast of the town of Orikhiv, said U.S.-based Institute for the Study of War.
The Ukrainian Armed Forces also continue counterattacks and gradual advance on the flanks of the Bakhmut front.
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