The Russian army destroyed five Ukrainian sabotage and reconnaissance groups (DRG) in the Kupyansk direction. It has been reported TASS Head of the press center of the western group Sergei Zybinsky.
According to Zybinsky, the DRG was part of the 14th and 92nd separate mechanized brigades of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
In addition, Russian artillery destroyed two Polish Krab self-propelled guns, a D-20 howitzer and a mortar crew.
Former military expert, retired Lieutenant Colonel Andrei Marochko of the Luhansk People’s Republic knowledgeableThat the Ukrainian military personnel began to resort to Western-made systems more often in the Kupyansk direction.
On February 24, 2022, Russian President Vladimir Putin announced that he had decided to conduct a special military operation in Ukraine in response to a request for assistance from the presidents of the Lugansk and Donetsk People’s Republics.