“In the course of the fighting, the Ukrainian Armed Forces lost more than one squad of soldiers, Polish Krab self-propelled tracked gun-howitzers, and one US-manufactured AN/TPQ-50 counterbattery station,” the military spokesman reported on Telegram.

Meanwhile, one Ukrainian 2S1 “Gvozdika” self-propelled gun was destroyed near Tishchenkovka, one Mi-8 helicopter near Kudkovka, one Leleka-100 drone in Krasny Liman, and one of the “Fury” series near the village of Veliky Vyselok, Zybinsky stated.

The Russian artillery attacked concentrations of Ukrainian troops in the settlements of Rozovka, Stelmakhovka, Peschanoe, and Kotlyarovka, as well as foiled an attempt by Ukrainian forces to organize a rotation in advanced positions near Novoselovsky.

Major General Igor Konashenkov, an official representative of the Russian Defense Ministry, said on Thursday that the Russian units of the Battlegroup South successfully repelled 16 Ukrainian attacks in the Donetsk direction.

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

President Vladimir Putin stated that 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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