The serviceman posted on Telegram that the construction of new trenches and fortifications was discovered in the locality of Golubovska, on the western bank of the river.

Marochko detailed that the Ukrainian Armed Forces are laying mines in this part of the frontline.

“Minefields are being laid even in areas where civilians used to move, and there are practically no signs indicating “Mine danger”, he said.

On Wednesday, Russian Defense Ministry Spokesperson, Lieutenant General Igor Konashenkov, stated that Russia’s Western Group had attacked enemy units in the Kupyansk area, eliminating more than 50 Ukrainian soldiers and a warehouse of the Territorial Defense Brigade in one day.

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