RT reported that the night attack was aimed at a location in Sumy province ( Ukraine ), which played an essential role for Kiev's logistics during the Kursk province's attack in Russia.
The Russian air strike destroyed Ukrainian commanding facilities in Sumy province - the Russian Ministry of Defense, and published a video of the night attack.
The airstrike took place in the early morning of August 20, the Russian military said. A supersonic SU-34 Russian aircraft dropped the bombing into the target that the Russian Ministry of Defense was determined by the Mechanical Brigade No. 47 of the Ukrainian ground force.
The video shot from the air showed the dark city landscape with a crossroads, believed to be located in the middle of Glukhov, about 15 km from the Russian border.
A large explosion outbreak from one of the buildings, marked as a car repair shop on Google Maps. A secondary explosion occurred immediately afterward.
The Russian military claims this location is used by the 47th Mechanized Brigade as a command post and ammunition depot. Ukrainian military personnel, including the commanding officer, were killed in the attack.
The Russian Defense Ministry does not estimate Ukrainian casualties, but the media information that up to 90 soldiers was killed, including 30 people with higher ranks than regular soldiers.
Sumy province borders Kursk province of Russia, where Ukraine is occupying the territory in a attack campaign launched two weeks ago.
One of the goals of the attack, as Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky claims, is to set up a "buffer zone" to prevent cross -border attacks of Russia.
Moscow considered the attack terrorist in nature, claiming that Kiev had deliberately targeted civilians.
The Russian military estimated Ukrainian losses in the attack at up to 3,800 people as of August 19.
According to the Russian military, this attack also loses hundreds of tanks and other heavy weapons, many of which are provided by Western sponsors.
