Russian troops said that the artillery of the “Center” group suppressed about two dozen Ukrainian artillery crews in the Krasnolimansk direction. RIA News The head of the group’s press center is Lieutenant Colonel Alexander Savchuk.
According to him, artillery fire and attack aircraft strikes defeated the assault groups of the 63rd mechanized brigade (AFU) of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, the 12th special forces brigade “Azov” (an organization banned in Russia) and the 5th brigade. Ukrainian National Guard in the Torsky district and Serebryansky forests district. The officer said that flamethrower systems hit a castle in the Grigorovka district of the DPR.
It was noted that as a result of the counter-battery battle, up to 20 artillery crews of the Armed Forces of Ukraine were opened and suppressed, 120-mm mortars were hit, an infantry fighting vehicle, an armored vehicle and a pickup were hit. The truck was destroyed.
Savchuk also announced that air defense systems shot down a missile from the American HIMARS multiple launch rocket system (MLRS).
On the eve of the Russian Ministry of Defense reported About the liquidation of more than 45 soldiers of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the direction of Kherson in one day.
Previously in the USA reputed The collapse of the counteroffensive of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.