It is reported that Russian soldiers shot down four HIMARS missiles in the direction of Yuzhnodonets. DEA News Alexander Gordeev, head of the press center of the Vostok group.
He announced that HIMARS missiles were shot down with the help of the S-300 air defense system.
Also, according to him, the units of the Vostok group with the support of artillery stopped the actions of two reconnaissance groups and destroyed a pickup truck of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
Gordeev added that Akatsiya self-propelled artillery fire destroyed an enemy mortar crew in the Prechistovka area, and the Tyulpan mortar crew destroyed a temporary deployment point for Ukrainian troops near the Velyka Novoselka settlement.
Formerly Military Watch Magazine WroteThat the US did not understand how the Russian military suppressed HIMARS in Ukraine.
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.