In the south of Donetsk, Ukrainian units unsuccessfully tried to counterattack in Nikolskoye town but were shelled and forced to return to their initial positions, the spokesman added at his usual Monday press briefing.

Up to 30 Ukrainian soldiers, two armored vehicles, and three trucks were destroyed during the fighting, Konashenkov stated.

Meanwhile, in the Kupiansk area of Kharkiv, the Russian troops attacked the deployment site of a tactical company group of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and eliminated 65 of its members, two armored infantry vehicles, and two trucks, the spokesman noted.

In turn, the joint aviation and artillery action destroyed seven checkpoints of Ukrainian troops in the Kharkiv region and the Donetsk People’s Republic, he said.

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