Military expert, retired LPR People’s Militia Lieutenant Colonel Andrey Marochko said DEA NewsThat the Armed Forces of Ukraine tried to counterattack the positions of the Russian troops in the Krasnolymansky direction.
According to him, the Armed Forces of Ukraine are trying to break through the Russian defense in the recently created bridgehead area, west of the Zherebets River, not far from Svatovo, and west of the village of Kovalevka.
The expert believes that in this way the Ukrainian army is trying to regain its previously lost positions and push the Russian forces back to the opposite bank of the river.
The day before, the Russian Ministry of Defense announced that the artillery of the Central Military District destroyed A stronghold and fortification of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Krasnolymansky direction.
Also on August 9, the head of the group’s press center, Lieutenant Colonel Alexander Savchuk knowledgeableThat the “Center” grouping of Russian troops repulsed six attacks of the Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU) in the Svatovsky and Krasnolimansky directions.
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