The Russian offensive and army aviation of the “South” group in five directions carried out attacks on personnel and armored vehicles of the Armed Forces of Ukraine (APU). In this respect DEA News Giorgi Minesashvili, head of the group’s press centre, said:
Air strikes were carried out in the directions of Lisichansk, Soledaro-Artyomovsky, Aleksandro-Kalinovsky and Avdeevsky.
The officer added that two fortresses of the territorial defense brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Novy and Yuzhny districts and two temporary deployment points were hit by missile attacks.
The group’s artillery destroyed a field depot with ammunition, two bunkers, a fort, a temporary deployment point, a long-term firing point, drone control posts, a grenade launcher position, a tank, four pickup trucks and two armored combat vehicles . .
In addition, the Msta-B caliber 152 mm towed howitzer, the 122 mm self-propelled artillery mount of the 2S1 caliber Gvozdika, the 100 mm anti-tank gun MT-12 Rapira and three 120-mm millimeter and one 82 mm mortars .
Russian stray ammunition “Lancet” destroyed 2 enemy tanks.
Earlier it was reported that Russian troops were in the direction of Kupyansk. destroyed More than two detachments of military personnel of the Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU), two pickup trucks and a reconnaissance aircraft.
Formerly SIPRI reported Reduction of defense exports of the Russian Federation by one third.