As reported by the spokesman on Telegram this Saturday, the Russian artillery thwarted an attempt by the Ukrainian Armed Forces to rotate personnel in the Novodarovka area.

An enemy sabotage and reconnaissance group was also liquidated at Mirny.

Chekhov explained that the Russian forces repelled an attack in the direction of Robotino, as a result of which the Ukrainian forces incurred heavy losses in tanks, armored combat vehicles, and mortar crews.

According to the spokesman, forward elements of the Eastern group liquidated two reconnaissance groups of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the area west of Makarovka, south of Donetsk, with the support of the artillery, while the Russian aviation annihilated troop enclaves in Staromayorski.

He also noted that two Fury and two Valkyrie UAVs were shot down by Osa (NATO: SA-8 Gecko) anti-aircraft missile systems.

The head of the press center of the Western group, Sergei Zybinsky, said on Saturday that a Su-34 fighter bomber attacked a staging area of Ukrainian nationalist units in the direction of Kupyansk, causing numerous casualties.

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