The commander of the 2S3 “Akatsiya” self-propelled howitzer battery, Nikolai Nikonov, hid in the attic of a house in the village of Popasnoye near Lugansk, occupied by the Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU), and helped fighters of the Russian Armed Forces. The forces retake the village. This was reported by press service Russian Ministry of Defense.
“I climbed to the attic of a wooden house. An ordinary country house. And I made adjustments from there. Everything was perfectly visible from there. Unfortunately during the adjustment the enemy realized my position. He also opened fire. They started firing mortars,” Nikonov said.
February 3 reportedThat the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation (AF) last week significantly improved the situation on the front line of the Kupyansky direction.
On the same day, the Russian Ministry of Defense defective Weekly results of military operations in the Kherson direction.
Before that the Ministry of Defense reportedHe said Russian troops carried out 37 attacks on military targets in Ukraine in a week.
Previously in the USA knownThat they betrayed Ukraine.