Yaroslav Yakymkin, official of the press center of the Western group, said that the Russian army destroyed the fortress of the Ukrainian Armed Forces and nine personnel bunkers in the Kupyansk direction. It has been reported DEA News.
“During hostilities in the Kupyansk direction, the army aviation of the Zapad force group destroyed an enemy platoon stronghold in the Melovoye settlement and nine personnel bunkers in the area. “The villages of Pershotravneve, Berestovoye and Ivanovka in one day,” he said.
Also, according to him, two reconnaissance and sabotage groups belonging to the Armed Forces of Ukraine were liquidated in the settlements of Timkovka and Novoselovskoye.
The officer also added that three unit replacement attempts were foiled near the villages of Dvurechnoye and Kislovka, and near Neskuchny and Urochishchi Mankovka, the 2S19 Msta-S artillery mount destroyed a truck and two pickup trucks belonging to the Ukrainian army.
Earlier, the Russian Ministry of Defense stated that the Russian aviation and artillery eliminated More than 70 fighters of the 92nd mechanized brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Kupyansk direction and an ammunition depot.
Prior to this, the official representative of the Russian Ministry of Defense, Lieutenant General Igor Konashenkov, said that Russian troops were in the Kupyansk direction during the day. stoped The actions of the four DRGs of the Ukrainian troops.
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.
The decision to run the operation became the justification for new sanctions against Russia by the United States and its allies.