Russia claims killed two Ukraine generals in Kramatorsk strike
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- AFP
- Published Date: 02:27 | 29 June 2023
- Modified Date: 02:27 | 29 June 2023
Russia on Thursday claimed its forces had killed two Ukrainian generals and "up to 50 officers" in a strike on a restaurant in the eastern Ukrainian city of Kramatorsk this week.
"As a result of a strike on June 27 on Kramatorsk, two generals and up to 50 officers of the Ukrainian army were eliminated," the Russian defence ministry said in a statement. "Up to 20 foreign mercenaries and advisers" were also killed, the statement added.
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