21-03-2022, 07:18 PM
Vladmir Putin suffered a devastating setback, after an entire Guard's regiment was alleged to have been wiped out by Ukrainian fighters.
The regiment's commander, Colonel Sergey Sukharev, was also confirmed as killed during the fierce battle that raged near Kyiv on March 17, according to local reports. Reports claim that the Russian 331st Guards Airborne Regiment was destroyed after coming under fire from Ukrainian forces. The regiment is part of the 98th Guard Airborne Division and had around 2000 soldiers along with over 200 armoured fighting vehicles.
Only one severely wounded Russian soldier is believed to have survived the battle and is being cared for by Ukrainian medics.
In addition, Ukrainian forces took up to 100 prisoners of war over the last few days of intense fighting.
Mykola Vorobiov, a research fellow at Johns Hopkins university, wrote: "Last night Russian troops were thrown back 60-70km from the capital Kyiv.
"Most of the Russian units suffered enormously high casualties they never had since WWII.
"331 airborne brigade has only one serviceman left."
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The regiment's commander, Colonel Sergey Sukharev, was also confirmed as killed during the fierce battle that raged near Kyiv on March 17, according to local reports. Reports claim that the Russian 331st Guards Airborne Regiment was destroyed after coming under fire from Ukrainian forces. The regiment is part of the 98th Guard Airborne Division and had around 2000 soldiers along with over 200 armoured fighting vehicles.
Only one severely wounded Russian soldier is believed to have survived the battle and is being cared for by Ukrainian medics.
In addition, Ukrainian forces took up to 100 prisoners of war over the last few days of intense fighting.
Mykola Vorobiov, a research fellow at Johns Hopkins university, wrote: "Last night Russian troops were thrown back 60-70km from the capital Kyiv.
"Most of the Russian units suffered enormously high casualties they never had since WWII.
"331 airborne brigade has only one serviceman left."
More at https://shrtco.de/k1zkqz