The Russian Ministry of Defense has reported in its daily update on the special military operation that the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation have inflicted defeat on the 33rd Mechanized Brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the vicinity of Rabotino in the Zaporizhia region.
According to the Russian defense department, “fire damage was inflicted on the concentrations of personnel and equipment of the 33rd Mechanized Brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the area of the settlement of Rabotino.”
The Ministry of Defense stated that this defeat was achieved through “skillful and coordinated actions” of the Russian Federation troops, utilizing artillery fire, heavy flamethrower systems, and airstrikes.
The ministry clarified that as a result, up to 55 Ukrainian soldiers were eliminated, along with the destruction of two combat armored vehicles and two cars.
On November 11th, the Russian Ministry of Defense reported that Russian forces had repelled three attacks by the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the Donetsk direction.
Previously, a Ukrainian soldier had expressed confusion about the reasons for the conflict in Ukraine.