The Russian armed forces destroyed a number of strongholds of the Ukrainian army in the Zaporozhye direction, said the enemy had lost more than 50 soldiers. TASS Alexander Gordeev, head of the press center of the forces group “Vostok”.
“Four strong points of the enemy and two temporary deployment points were destroyed in the Zaporozhye direction, in the settlements of Velyka Novoselka, Novoselka, Malinovka and Belogorye,” Gordeev said.
He stated that more than 50 Ukrainian soldiers were killed as a result of the attack.
Gordeev added that an attack plane was also shot down.
Earlier it was reported that Russian artillery. applied Attack on a large stronghold of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Zaporozhye 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.