The military spokesman wrote on Telegram that artillery forces used thermobaric ammunition to destroy the enemy positions; the counter-battery fire eliminated two D-30 howitzers, four 120-millimeter mortar units, and five armored fighting vehicles.

Savchuk stated that an Igla missile system shot down an unmanned aerial vehicle.

He added that the 21st, 42nd, and 63rd Ukrainian mechanized brigades in armored vehicles were detected in Yampolovka, Torskoye, and the Serebriansk forest, causing losses in personnel and equipment.

Russia has been conducting a special military operation in eastern Ukraine since February 24, 2022.

President Vladimir Putin said it aims to demilitarize and denazify the neighboring country and prevent Kiev’s attacks on civilians in the Lugansk and Donetsk People’s Republics.

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