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Russian troops launched a missile strike on Ukrainian positions, wiping out manpower and military equipment in the village of Petropavlovka, the Donetsk Peoples Rebublic (DPR).

Sputnik brings you the latest insights from Scott Ritter – former US Marine intel officer and UN weapons inspector – where he explains why the US Army is not ready for the full-scale war against Russia based on the failed Ukrainian counteroffensive attempt.

Ukraine has lost up to 400 soldiers in the Donetsk and Zaporozhye directions over the past 24 hours, the Russian Defense Ministry said on Tuesday.

Russian air defense systems destroyed a Ukrainian drone over the Bryansk Region on Tuesday morning, the Russian Defense Ministry said.

A family from the Donetsk Peoples Republic told Sputnik about the tragic experience and losses they suffered as a result of the May 12 shelling by Ukrainian forces which completely destroyed their house in the village of Staromaiorske, calling the incident an event in their lives that they "want to forget."

Russian artillery has been invaluable in the special operation zone, significantly reducing Ukrainian offensive capabilities. The 152 mm Msta-B howitzers are widely used on the frontline as a means of both supporting Russian advances and suppressing enemy firepower.

Ukrainian troops fired three MLRS shells at the center of Donetsk at 14.50, the DNR representative office in the Joint Center for Control and Coordination of Issues Related to Ukrainian War Crimes (JCCC) reported.

Russias reconnaissance and attack helicopter wiped out Ukrainian armored vehicles in the South Donetsk direction. Russian Aerospace Forces completely dominate the air space in the special operation zone obliterating Ukrainian troops.

The repercussions of the US-led bombing of the former Yugoslavia with depleted uranium munitions are still felt in Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bosnian Ambassador to Russia Zeljko Samardzija said on Friday.

Opposition to providing more US aid to Ukraine is growing among Republican members of the House of Representatives, an American news agency reported on Friday.