Ukraine Army Kills 100 Russian Soldiers In 'Successful Fire Attack' On Enemy's Kupyansk Settlement

Russian servicemen patrol near the Kakhovka Hydroelectric Power Plant in occupied Kherson AFP / Olga MALTSEVA

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2 Russian combat vehicles were destroyed in Kupyansk, says a report
Ukrainians also reportedly destroyed 3 Russian tanks in Kherson
Ukraine says 49,800 Russian soldiers have now died in the war

The Armed Forces of Ukraine on Monday killed over 100 Russian soldiers in a successful attack on an occupied settlement in the Kharkiv Oblast, according to a report.

The Ukrainian army also destroyed two Russian combat vehicles when it targeted the area of Kupyansk settlement in the Kharkiv region Monday, as per a Facebook post from the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine (UAF).

"According to updated data, enemy losses have been confirmed. As a result of a successful fire attack in the area of Kupyansk settlement of Kharkiv region, the occupiers lost more than 100 servicemen killed and wounded, two combat vehicles were destroyed," the UAF General Staff said in the report.

In addition to targeting Kupyansk, the Ukrainian army also targeted the occupied city of Kherson, killing more than 30 Russian servicemen and destroying three tanks, the report said. In the area of the Antoniv bridge, the Russian military lost an anti-aircraft missile complex and six enemy trucks to the Ukrainian offensive.

Elsewhere in Ukraine, the Russian military's attempts to improve its positions were repelled in the settlements of Bilohorivka, Hryhorivka, Pokrovske, Bakhmutske, Lozove, Spartak, Soledar, Zaitseve and Semihirya.

In total, the Russian army lost 300 servicemen Monday, bringing the country's military death toll since the war began in February to 49,800. The Russian military has also lost a total of 2,068 tanks, 4,459 combat armored vehicles, 1,157 artillery systems and 3,286 vehicles and fuel tanks in the war, among others, according to estimates from the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine.

The continuous losses suffered by the Russian army have reportedly led several units to refuse to fight in the war. On Monday, Ukraine's Operational Command South reported that soldiers for Russia's 127th Regiment of the 1st Army Corps rioted and refused to further participate in the war due to a lack of vital supplies such as water. They have since been removed from their unit as punishment.

The Russian military has also turned to recruiting homeless people as soldiers to make up for its significant shortage of troops, The Telegraph reported.