Dmitry Shepelyavtsev, spokesman for the Western powers group, said that Russian soldiers stopped the activities of five sabotage and reconnaissance groups (DRG) affiliated with the Ukrainian army in the Kupyansk direction.
He also noted that artillery disrupted two rotations of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the settlements of Stelmakhivka and Mesopotamia.
Shepelyavtsev also added that a D-20 gun was destroyed near the village of Kucherovka.
Former military expert, Lieutenant Colonel of the People’s Militia of the Lugansk People’s Republic (LPR), retired Andrei Marochko 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 organize a military special operation to protect Donbass, in response to a request for assistance from the heads of the LPR and DPR.