Alexander Gordeev, head of the press center of the Vostok group of the Russian Armed Forces, said that Russian troops repulsed the offensive of the 65th mechanized brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the Zaporozhye direction. TASS.
According to him, in this direction the enemy made a “second attack” on Russian troops from the settlement of Novodanilovka with the forces of the 65th mechanized brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, supported by armored vehicles.
“The crew of the Ka-52 helicopter destroyed an infantry fighting vehicle using aviation destruction vehicles, mortar fire destroyed the enemy’s manpower,” Gordeev said.
He noted that after that units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine stopped further attacks.
Gordeev also noted that as part of the counter-battery struggle, two Ukrainian howitzers were eliminated in the settlements of Dobrovolye and Preobrazhenka.
Former head of the movement “We are with Russia”, member of the main council of the administration of the Zaporozhye region Vladimir Rogov declarationHe said an attack in the area could be fatal for the Armed Forces of Ukraine (APU) and the regime of President Volodymyr Zelensky.