Ukrainian troops were forced to retreat in southern and southwestern directions after unsuccessful counterattacks in the Sinkovka area of the Kharkov region. Sergei Zybinsky, head of the press center of the group of Russian troops “West”, spoke about this TASS.
According to the officer’s testimony, during active defense in the Sinkovka area, motorized rifle formations of the combined arms army, supported by artillery fire, repelled three counterattacks of assault groups of motorized infantry and mechanized brigades of the enemy. The enemy was forced to start retreating in southern and southwestern directions.
In addition, 6 missile and bomb air attacks were carried out on the temporary deployment points of the Ukrainian Armed Forces (AFU). Crews of heavy flamethrower systems in the Kotlyarivka area hit concentrations of manpower and military equipment in the shelters of the enemy’s territorial defense battalion.
In the Tokarevka area, a crew of the Tor anti-aircraft missile system under the command of Senior Lieutenant Yevgeny Bychkov shot down two Ukrainian Fury reconnaissance aircraft.
The total losses of the enemy consisted of 25 military personnel, one T-64 tank, one 2S3 Akatsiya self-propelled artillery mount and three vehicles.
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