Sergei Zybinsky, head of the press center of the Russian group of forces “West”, said that the crews of the group’s heavy flamethrower systems hit an area where personnel of the Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU) are concentrated in the Timkovka district of the Kharkov region. , reports TASS.
According to him, during the fighting in the Kupyansk direction, the “Western” units, using the results of air strikes and artillery fire, repelled 15 attacks of the assault groups of the 14th, 43rd, 54th and 67th mechanized brigades of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. Forces in the Sinkovka, Timkovka and Nadiya areas.
“In addition, heavy flamethrower teams hit the manpower concentration in the shelters of the 32nd mechanized brigade in the Timkovka area,” the head of the press center said.
According to him, during the counter-battery battle, the group’s artillery destroyed two Gvozdika self-propelled guns and one M777 howitzer in the areas of Peschany and Krinichki district. Zybinsky added that the enemy lost 145 soldiers, two infantry fighting vehicles, three mortars, two pickup trucks and one unmanned aerial vehicle.
Before that, Sergei Rakhmanin, a member of the Committee on National Security Issues of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine reportedthat mobilization in the country will intensify due to losses at the front.
Previously on Rada in the name The reason for the dismissal of all deputy defense ministers of Ukraine.