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Russian forces destroy Ukrainian howitzer, Grad rocket launcher in Kherson area

According to the representative of the regional emergency services, the Osa-AKM air defense system in the Kherson direction, temporary deployment points of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Kakhov direction and in the Berislav area were also destroyed

GENICHESK, June 11. /TASS/. Russian forces destroyed a Ukrainian howitzer and a Grad multiple launch rocket system (MLRS) in the island area of the Kherson Region over the past day in the special military operation in Ukraine, a spokesman for the emergency services said on Sunday.

"A D-30 howitzer with ammunition was destroyed as a result of damage inflicted by units of the Dnepr battlegroup in the island zone. Casualties: three Ukrainian soldiers were killed and another three sustained wounds of varying severity. A Grad MLRS [was destroyed] together with its three-member crew and ammunition," the spokesman said.

In the Kherson direction, Russian forces destroyed a Ukrainian Osa-AKM air defense system with its five-member crew and ammunition. In the Kakhovka direction, Russian forces wiped out a Ukrainian army temporary deployment site, killing 10 and wounding 12 enemy troops and destroying two motor vehicles, the spokesman said.

Russian forces also destroyed a Ukrainian army temporary deployment site near Berislav, eliminating seven enemy soldiers and wounding another ten and damaging three vehicles, the spokesman said.