Ukraine's General Staff has intercepted reports by the commanders of Russian military units indicating that regular Russian troops sustained significant losses in the battle for the Donetsk airport, a representative of the Ukrainian General Staff and acting head of the personnel department of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, Oleksandr Rozmaznin, has said.
“As of 6 a.m. Moscow time [on Dec. 2, 2014], the total losses of units involved in armed clashes are 299 people killed, 190 injured, and 96 seriously wounded. The current location of 171 people is unknown,” Rozmaznin cited part of the intercepted report at a briefing on Thursday, Dec. 4.
He said that southern units were involved in the clashes, in particular, the 16th special purpose brigade of the Main Intelligence Directorate of the Russian General Staff, the 200th special purpose brigade of the Southern Military District (Rostov), a motorized infantry battalion and a tank company of the 4th Kantemirovskaya separate guards tank brigade, a battalion of the 22th separate brigade of the Main Intelligence Directorate of the Russian General Staff, and an assault company of the 106th guards airborne division.
