Record 20 Russian officers killed in Ukrainian strikes on headquarters in Donetsk, monitors say

In a significant escalation of the conflict, Ukrainian missile strikes on Russian army command posts in Donetsk on August 26 resulted in the deaths of more Russian officers than any other single attack during the war, according to independent monitors. Mediazona, a Russian outlet that tracks military deaths in collaboration with the BBC Russian Service, reported that 20 Russian officers were killed in the attack, including seven colonels, six lieutenant colonels, five majors, one captain, and one senior lieutenant.

The strikes targeted the headquarters of the Central Military District and the 41st Combined Arms Army in occupied Donetsk. Ukrainian officials claimed that Anglo-French Storm Shadow air-launched cruise missiles were used in the attack, while at least 276,113 Russian soldiers have been killed in Ukraine since 2022, according to Mediazona's tracking.

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