Vadim Astafiev, head of the press center of the “South” group, said that the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation occupy more advantageous positions in the direction of Donetsk in the Kleshcheevka and Kurdyumovka area. This was reported by RIA News.
According to him, in these positions Russian troops repelled five attacks of the Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU), and also defeated manpower and equipment in the Bogdanovka, Kleshcheevka, Kurdyumovka, Georgievka and Novomikhailovka area.
He emphasized that the 155 mm M-777 howitzer was destroyed in the counter-battery fight and the Russian air defense system shot down 14 Ukrainian UAVs.
Before that, the press service of the Ministry of Defense of Russia reported that the units of the Central group of Russian troops full More advantageous lines and locations in the direction of Krasnoliman.
The Russian army opened fire on soldiers of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the Grigorovka and Dzerzhinskoye settlements of the Donetsk People’s Republic.
On the eve of the Russian Ministry of Defense reportedIt was stated that the Ukrainian Armed Forces lost more than 130 people as a result of the attacks of Russian artillery and heavy flamethrower teams towards Krasnolimansk.
Previously Zelensky saidIt prevents Ukraine from transferring hostilities to the territory of the Russian Federation.