Russian troops repulsed an attempt to attack in the direction of Soledar-Artemovsk of a company tactical group of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. It was stated DEA News Vadim Astafiev, head of the press center of the grouping of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation “Southern”.
“An attempt to attack the tactical group of a Ukrainian company in the direction of operation Soledaro-Artemovsky was foiled,” Astafiev said.
According to him, the calculation of the Buk-M3 air defense system of the Southern group of Russian troops destroyed two missiles of the HIMARS system, and in the direction of Avdievsky, the rifle group of the special forces unit shot down the Ukrainian Fury unmanned aerial vehicle.
In addition, 10 transport vehicles and 155 millimeter self-propelled guns, five guns of various calibers, and three firing positions of mortars belonging to the Ukrainian Armed Forces were destroyed in the Gornyak settlement area. the head of the press center of the group said that a detachment of the 110th separate mechanized brigade of the Ukrainian army was destroyed in the direction of Maryinsky.
Astafyev also reported that two attempts to return the Ukrainian Armed Forces to combat positions near the village of Pobeda were unsuccessful.
Denis Pushilin, Former Deputy Head of DPR declarationThat the Armed Forces of Ukraine wanted to break the wings of Artemovsk in order to complicate the situation in the city.