As he also mentioned on Telegram, Russia´s advanced troops, backed by artillery, repulsed a Ukrainian attack in the southern Donetsk. After great number of casualties, Ukraine´s troops pulled out of the area.

Chekhov stated the artillery fire destroyed a mortar crew, an armored fighting vehicle and a drone checkpoint in east Makarovka and northwest Storozhevoye.

A Gvozdika self-propelled artillery unit near Velikaya Novosiolka and an Msta-B howitzer near Novy Komar were also hit, he added.

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