Russian troops repelled eight attacks by the Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU) in the Krasnolimansky and Kupyansky directions. This was reported by the Russian Ministry of Defense.
According to the ministry, the Russian Armed Forces used the support of aviation, artillery and heavy flamethrower systems in the Kupyansk direction. Four attacks of assault groups of the mechanized brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine were repelled in the Zagoruykovka and Timkovka districts of the Kharkov region. There Ukrainian troops lost some 160 soldiers and two vehicles.
In the Krasnolimansk direction, Russian units of the Center group of forces repelled four attacks of the Ukrainian army with the help of aviation and artillery.
“The enemy’s losses reached 150 military personnel and one vehicle,” the ministry said.
Before that, Russian troops in the Donetsk direction reflected Two attacks by the Armed Forces of Ukraine. The clashes took place near the settlements of Kleshcheevka in the Donetsk People’s Republic (DPR) and Belogorovka in the Lugansk People’s Republic (LPR).
Previously three fighters of the Armed Forces of Ukraine swam past Dnieper and surrendered to the Russian Armed Forces.