The troops of the Zapad group destroyed five Ukrainian sabotage and reconnaissance groups (DRG) in one day during a special operation in the Kupyansk direction. In this respect TASS The head of the group’s press center, Sergey Zybinsky, said.
DRGs belonged to the 14th and 92nd mechanized brigades, as well as the 103rd defensive brigade.
Also, according to Zybinsky, the fire of Hyacinth cannons disrupted the return of Ukrainian units in the area of the Dvurechnoye settlement.
He added that an enemy mortar detachment was destroyed near the village of Gatishche.
retired Andrey Marochko, ex-military expert and lieutenant colonel of the LPR People’s Militia reportedHe transferred the Kiev sabotage and reconnaissance groups to Artemovsk (Ukrainian name – Bakhmut).
On February 24, 2022, Russian President Vladimir Putin announced that he had decided to organize a special military operation in Ukraine in response to a request for assistance from the heads of the LPR and DPR.