Russians suffer '1,000 casualties' as Ukraine troops attack behind enemy lines

Ukrainian special forces have claimed almost 1,000 Russian casualties in a single stunning “behind enemy lines” attack on the frontline. Special operations troops from Kyiv’s elite “Timur Special Unit” assaulted a large formation of Russian infantry from behind in the Sumy area, north east Ukraine.

Intelligence estimates claim at least 334 advancing Kremlin forces were killed and more than 550 wounded in the daring ground and air-strike. The assault was launched as it was feared Moscow war-planners are gearing up for major air-strikes and ground - assaults against Ukraine within days. It struck terror into the Russian positions forcing surviving Kremlin troopsto refuse to advance for an attack and cutting off food and ammunition supplies.

On Tuesday it emerged that as Ukraine’s elite troops advanced for the Sumy operation another unit launched a devastating wave of drones and artillery attacks on the Russians, forcing them to take cover. The success of the Sumy operation happened as Russia declared that it will no longer be limited to excluding the firing of nuclear-capable intermediate range missiles from its arsenal. And it It comes days after Russian leader Vladimir Putin warned of nuclear war following another night of hell unleashed on Ukraine.

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The Russian Foreign Ministry linked the decision to efforts by the U.S. and its allies to develop intermediate range weapons for their deployment in Europe. It cited U.S. plans to deploy Typhoon and Dark Eagle missiles in Germany starting next year.

The ministry noted that such actions by the U.S. and its allies create "destabilizing missile potentials" near Russia, creating a "direct threat to the security of our country." President Vladimir Putin will deploy Russia’s new Oreshnik missiles to its neighbor and ally Belarus later this year.

Asked where and when Russia could potentially deploy intermediate-range weapons, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said: "Russia no longer has any limitations, Russia no longer considers itself to be constrained by anything.” Ukraine has hit back against brutal Moscow strikes with devastating drone attacks inside Russia, setting ablaze an oil refinery complex and hitting airfields, destroying Russian warplanes .

In recent weeks devastating combined missile and drone attacks overnight have hit Ukrainian cities, including the capital of Kyiv. But sources have revealed Moscow may be planning a major air-strike onslaught on Ukraine later this week in defiance towards pressure from the US to begin peace talks.

The Ukrainian Ministry of Defence said on Tuesday morning: “Fighters of the ‘Timur Special Unit’ of the Ministry of Defence of Ukraine did not allow Russian forces to advance in the Sumy direction. “During the special operation, the intelligence officers managed to enter the enemy’s rear, clear out enemy positions, and secure them.”

Ukrainian counter-intelligence officers have also launched a massive swoop on Russian spies and saboteurs within the country. Ukraine’s Security Service arrested six suspects in Kyiv, Dnipropetrovisk, Vinnytsia and Zakarpattia regions who had planned arson attacks on behalf of Russian intelligence.

Another man was seized after he colluded with the Russian FSB agency to spy on Kyiv’s air defence systems. He had installed a camera in an apartment so that he could feed footage back to Moscow of the workings of an air defence system.

So far Ukraine claims 1058260 Russian casualties have been put out of the war in terms of killed and injured since the Russian invasion on February 24 , 2022. Its intelligence agency estimates believe Kyiv’s troops have destroyed 11071 tanks, 23,000 armoured vehicles, 421 warplanes, 340 helicopters and 28 warships.