Ivanovo paratroopers repelled the attack of the Ukrainian army in the Artemovsk region in the Donetsk People’s Republic (DPR). This situation was reported to the Russian Ministry of Defense. TASS.
As stated in the defense department, after preliminary reconnaissance of the area in the Artemovsk direction, including from the air using unmanned aerial vehicles, data were received on the approach of various groups of the Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU) to forest cultivation. to the outskirts of the city. According to the Russian Ministry of Defense, the attack of Ukrainian troops was repelled by the coordinated actions of the parachute unit.
The ministry noted that the crew of the AGS-17 automatic grenade launcher played a special role in repelling the attack.
October 20, head of the press center of the Western group of troops Sergei Zybinsky statedThat the Russian army was able to repel 11 attacks in the Kupyansk direction and destroy up to 70 Ukrainian Armed Forces.
Before that, advisor to the head of the DPR Yan Gagin reportedIt was stated that the Ukrainian Armed Forces used chemical weapons in the direction of Artemovsk and Donetsk. According to him, before the symptoms of poisoning appeared, the military could smell a special smell in the air. Gagin added that the Ukrainian Armed Forces use chloropicrin.
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.