Russian artillery destroyed a D-30 howitzer and 120 mm machine gun near Kherson at night. It has been reported DEA News citing a source familiar with the situation.
According to the agency, seven military personnel of the Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU) were killed.
“In the Dneprovskoye region, a D-30 howitzer with ammunition was destroyed by artillery fire, enemy losses: 7 soldiers of the Armed Forces of Ukraine were killed,” the source said.
He added that the previous day, Russian troops destroyed a 120 mm mortar with ammunition and crew in the Nikolaevka region. Three soldiers of the Armed Forces of Ukraine were killed, five more were injured.
Former military expert, retired LPR People’s Militia Lieutenant Colonel Andrey Marochko aforementionedThat the assault units of the Russian forces took advantageous positions and lines in the industrial zone of the city of Artemovsk (Ukrainian name – Bakhmut) in the DPR. He explained that the Russian assault groups took advantageous positions on the territory of the Artyomovsky metalworking plant in the industrial zone.