During the briefing, the official representative of the Russian Ministry of Defense, Lieutenant General Igor Konashenkov, said that Russian troops managed to defeat units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU), as well as foreign mercenaries near the city of Vuhledar. Donetsk People’s Republic (DPR).
“More than 70 Ukrainian soldiers and mercenaries, five armored combat vehicles and two pickup trucks were destroyed,” the ministry said.
In addition, the Russian Ministry of Defense said that the Russian Armed Forces liquidated the Ukrainian sabotage and reconnaissance group of the Ukrainian Armed Forces operating in the direction of the Vladimirovka settlement in the DPR.
“Five command posts of the Ukrainian Armed Forces were hit in the Dvurechnaya settlements in the Kharkiv region, Yampolovka, Kirovo, Artemovo, Novoselka regions in the DPR,” Konashenkov said.
According to him, “72 artillery units, manpower and military equipment at firing positions in 97 districts” were also hit.
Also, the defense ministry reported that the Russian artillery was in the Krasnolimansky direction. eliminated More than 170 Ukrainian fighters fight as part of the four company tactical groups of the 25th airborne, 80th and 95th air assault brigades of the Ukrainian Armed Forces.