The Russian Ministry of Defense said that Russian troops stopped the activities of six Ukrainian sabotage and reconnaissance groups in the direction of Kupyansk. This was reported in the daily report of the Russian defense ministry.
It was stated that the actions of the Ukrainian DRGs in Timkovka settlements in the Kharkiv region, Rozovka, Stelmakhovka and Novoselovskoe regions of the Luhansk People’s Republic were suppressed.
On May 15, it became known that Russian troops were at night. stoped The activities of three Ukrainian sabotage and reconnaissance groups on the territory of the Kharkiv region.
Previously at the Russian Ministry of Defense reported About the destruction of more than 100 soldiers of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the direction of Kupyansk. The Ukrainian army also lost five vehicles, a D-20 howitzer and a Rapira anti-tank gun.
On February 24, 2022, Russian President Vladimir Putin announced that he had decided to conduct 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.