Recently released footage shows the liquidation of Ukrainian Armed Forces positions in the area near Spornoye village, located close to Artemivsk (Bakhmut). The video was published by the Russian Ministry of Defense’s press service.
According to the spokesperson of the Southern group’s press center, the Ukrainian Armed Forces have lost up to 50 soldiers in the areas of Spornoye, Artemivsk, Kleschevka, and Pobeda. Additionally, three armored vehicles, two pickups, and a D-30 artillery gun were destroyed.
Furthermore, Russian servicemen have destroyed two strongholds of the 77th Airborne Assault Brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces near Artemivsk and shot down a Ukrainian drone in the Berestove area.
In addition to these incidents, strikes were carried out by the Russian Armed Forces in the South Donetsk direction, targeting the gathering points of soldiers and equipment of the Ukrainian Armed Forces near Ugleedar, Zolotaya Niva, Urozhainoye, Staromayorskoye, Vodyanoye, Katerinovka, and Novomykhailovka.
The ranks of motorized infantry, mechanized, airborne assault brigades, as well as territorial defense brigades of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, have been significantly thinned.
There have also been reports of Russian forces successfully repelling enemy attacks on the Krasnolimansk direction.
Earlier, six drones of the Ukrainian Armed Forces were intercepted over the Oryol and Tula regions.