The southern group of Russian troops destroyed more than 200 militants of the Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU) in the Donetsk direction. This was reported by TASS Vadim Astafyev, head of the press center of the group of troops “South”.
According to him, Russian aviation and artillery hit concentrations of enemy manpower in the areas of Kleshcheevka, Andreevka and Kurdyumovka. It was also possible to eliminate a group of infantry from the 77th separate aircraft brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Artemovsk region.
During the counter-battery battle, the Russian Armed Forces managed to destroy three 155-mm Crub self-propelled artillery mounts (SPG) produced in Poland, a 155-mm M-777 gun from America and a 122-mm gun . Gvozdika self-propelled gun.
Russian fighters also shot down nine Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles as well as five HIMARS multiple launch rocket system shells in the Zaitsevo and Berestovoe areas.
Before that, Governor of the Bryansk Region Alexander Bogomaz statedIt was stated that Russian air defense (air defense) and electronic warfare (EW) systems were able to destroy four unmanned aerial vehicles of the Ukrainian Armed Forces.
Formerly Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu control Forward command center of the Vostok troop group in the Northern Military District area.