Military expert, retired Lieutenant Colonel Andriy Marochko from Luhansk People’s Republic, said that the sabotage and reconnaissance groups of the Ukrainian Armed Forces became more active in the Kupyansk direction as the weather improved. It has been reported DEA News.
“In the Kupyansk direction, the activation of the enemy’s DRG was noted due to the relative normalization of weather conditions. “In the last 24 hours alone, there have been signs that about 5 groups are working in this direction,” he said.
The lieutenant colonel also noted that in the area of u200bu200bthe village of Stelmakhovka in the LPR, one of the Ukrainian groups betrayed itself, and then the Russian troops were defeated by fire.
Yaroslav Yakimkin, former head of the press center of the Zapad group, said that the Russian army destroyed One stronghold of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and nine bunkers for personnel in the Kupyansk direction.
Prior to this, Igor Konashenkov, the official representative of the Russian Ministry of Defense, reported that he was in the Kharkov region and in the LPR. managed to stop the actions of two Ukrainian sabotage and reconnaissance groups.
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.