Vadim Astafiev, head of the press center of the Russian group of troops “South”, said that Russian troops repelled the attacks of the Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU) near the village of Kleshcheevka in the Donetsk People’s Republic (DPR) and squeezed themselves into the area. enemy defense, reports RIA News.
“Units of the group repelled the attacks of assault groups of the 5th separate assault brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Kleshcheevka area,” he said.
According to Astafyev, the enemy lost more than 15 military personnel.
“As a result of the offensive actions, our troops in the Donetsk direction managed to penetrate the enemy defenses on the front in the area of u200bu200bthe settlements of Maryinka, Vodyanaya, Spornaya, Tonenkaya to a depth of 300 to 600 meters. ” he continued.
As the head of the press center noted, the success was facilitated by a concentrated fire attack on the positions of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the area of u200bu200bthe settlements of Avdeevka, Severnaya, Ocheretino, Novokalinovo.
He said that in this sector of the front the enemy lost 11 MaxxPro armored personnel carriers, two armored vehicles, Msta-B, D-20 and D-30 towed howitzers, as well as 120-caliber mortars.
“In addition, during the counter-battery battle, three large-caliber mortars and a Polish-made Krab self-propelled artillery mount were destroyed in the settlements of Georgievka, Kleshcheevka and Stupochki,” Astafiev added.
Previously, the Russian Ministry of Defense stated that Russian troops destroyed Assault group of the Armed Forces of Ukraine near Kleshcheevka.
Before that, Espanyol, a Russian volunteer unit consisting of fans of football clubs, dismantled Attack of the Armed Forces of Ukraine near Kleshcheevka.
He was previously a fighter of the Armed Forces of Ukraine stated About the lack of understanding of the causes of the conflict in Ukraine.