Oleg Chekhov, head of the press center of the Vostok group, said: RIA Newsthat units of the troop group stopped attempts to attack the infantry of the Ukrainian army in the South Donetsk direction.
“In the South Donetsk direction, units of the Vostok group of forces, supported by artillery fire, aviation and heavy flamethrower systems, repelled attempts to attack enemy infantry in the Nikolsky and Priyutnoy directions,” he said.
Chekhov added that infantry groups in the Novodonetsk and Staromayorsky districts were detected and shot. Also, according to him, the Ukrainian reconnaissance group was liquidated.
Additionally, a representative of the group said that artillery fire destroyed ammunition depots north of Novomikhailovka and Priyutnoye, as well as automobile equipment in the Konstantinovka and Katerynivka areas. According to him, during the counter-battery battle, the Armed Forces of Ukraine lost one D-20 artillery gun and four mortar crews.
Before that, the Ministry of Defense of Russia reportedIt was stated that the Russian army in the South Donetsk direction repelled 3 attacks of the Ukrainian Armed Forces (AFU) near Priyutnoye in the Zaporozhye region in one day.
Previously Shoigu said About Russian military exercises in Ukraine.