Today, 21 April, the servicemen of the Joint Forces successfully repulsed 10 attacks by the russian army in the Donetsk and Luhansk directions.
This was reported by the press center of the Joint Forces Operation Staff.
"Thanks to skillful actions and professionalism, our soldiers inflicted losses on the russian occupiers," the statement said.
Specifically, Ukrainian defenders destroyed 6 tanks, 4 artillery systems, 8 armored vehicles, and 15 vehicles.
Air defense units shot down 2 planes (Su-34 and Su-25) and 8 drone planes Orlan-10 in the sky of the Ukrainian Donbas.
According to the Pentagon, russia has concentrated 85 battalion tactical groups in Ukraine. Most of them are in the Donbas.
On 18 April, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy announced that russian troops had begun the long-prepared battle for Donbas and concentrated a large part of their army for the attack in eastern Ukraine.
According to the National Security and Defense Council, the russians want to completely capture Donetsk and Luhansk regions by Easter. This way they plan to make a gift to the Kremlin head Vladimir Putin.