Losses of Ukrainian troops in the Krasnolimansk direction amounted to 235 soldiers per day. This was reported by the Russian Ministry of Defense.
According to the ministry, units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU) carried out six attacks on Russian military positions near the village of Chervonaya Dibrova. The latter is located on the territory of the Lugansk People’s Republic (LPR). As the ministry noted, fighters in the Center group of forces managed to stop the attack of Ukrainian soldiers with the support of artillery and aviation.
Additionally, Russian military personnel damaged by fire the personnel and equipment of the 40th National Guard Regiment, as well as the 21st and 63rd mechanized brigades of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. The battles took place in the area of the Donetsk settlements of Torskoye, Yampolovka and Grigorovka.
“Enemy losses reached over 235 military personnel <…>The statement stated that there were three armored combat vehicles and three pickup trucks.
October 19, retired Lieutenant Colonel of the LPR People’s Militia Andrey Marochko stated About the liquidation of a Ukrainian army branch in the Krasnolimansk direction. According to him, a detachment of the Armed Forces of Ukraine was detected in the Serebryansky forest area at night.
According to the information received, first the Russian attack drone destroyed the leading vehicle of the convoy. After this, one of the Ukrainian vehicles was blown up in its own minefield, and the remaining equipment of the Ukrainian Armed Forces was destroyed by Russian artillery.
Previously artillery of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation destroyed Nomad tank of the Armed Forces of Ukraine operating in the direction of Krasnolimansk.