Russia kills dozens of Ukrainian generals & officers with missile attack near Dnipro

As many as 50 Ukrainian armed force officers and generals were killed after Russia launched Kalibr missiles to destroy Western-supplied M777 howitzers and armoured vehicles.

“More than 50 generals and officers of Ukrainian Armed Forces were killed,” a statement from Russian Defense Ministry re on June 19.

Earlier in day, Ukraine Operational and Tactical Group (UTG) "East" stated that y h killed nearly 90 Russian occupiers in one day, in dition to damaging a large number of Russian military equipment as intense fighting continues in contentious Donbass region. 

Russian equipment knocked out of commission by Ukrainian forces were 52 artillery tractors, five mortars, two ammunition depots, one tank, one unmanned aerial vehicle and one special equipment unit, UTG said in a Facebook post. Russia’s troops in turn struck village of Shirokaya Dacha in Dnepropetrovsk Region, causing mounting casualties on Ukrainian side. 

Missile hit compound where commanders of Ukrainian units h gared

Moscow’s Defense ministry notified that missile hit a compound where commanders of several Ukrainian units h gared for a meeting. Kalibr missiles destroyed an estimated 10 M777 howitzers and up to 20 armoured vehicles supplied by West, which were stored in a factory building in sourn city of Nikolayev, Russian MoD informed. General Staff of Ukrainian Armed Forces meanwhile said that Ukraine's military destroyed several Russian multiple rocket launchers with artillery. re are more than 1,000 Russian troops being held prisoner in Ukraine. 

Ukraine’s armed forces earlier today also destroyed Russian Black sea Navy SAR ship"Vasily Bekh" near Zmiinyi [Snake] Island using a United States-manufactured Harpoon anti-ship missile which was loed with TOR anti-aircraft missile system. 

“ big Russian tugboat Vasylyi Bekh, which was carrying Tor-1 SAM on board, ammunition and personnel for occupation garrison of Snake Island was destroyed. tugboat was hit by a Harpoon missile,” Ukraine's Armed Forces Strategic Communications Directorate's informed on Telegram. 

Harpoon missiles are incorporated with Global Positioning System-assisted inertial navigation, which enables system to have both an anti-ship and a land attack capability. At time it went down, Russian forces were transporting soldiers from Black Sea Fleet to Snake Island. A Bayraktar TB2 drone recorded footage.