According to the military spokesman on his Telegram channel today, in the Zaporozhye area, the air intelligence detected and the artillery eliminated an enemy reconnaissance group near Lugóvskoye, and destroyed a Msta-B howitzer near Temirovka.

At the same time three enemy attacks were repelled near Rabotino, tanks, an armored fighting vehicle and Ukrainian personnel were destroyed in the fighting, the spokesman said.

Chekhov added that near Malaya Tokmachka a tank, several Bradley armored fighting vehicles and a pickup truck were destroyed.

Army aviation hit a tank and armored fighting vehicles near the settlement of Novodanilovka and to the north of Priyutnoye, places of concentration of Ukrainian forces. The senior official specified that an Osa system shot down a Ukrainian Fury drone.

Meanwhile, in the southern part of Donetsk, units of the Eastern troop group with the help of artillery prevented an enemy attack northeast of Urozhainoye. The enemy suffered losses and retreated. One Mortar unit was destroyed near Prechistovka,” the spokesman commented.

Chekhov specified that the aviation of the Eastern grouping hit Ukrainian units in the localities of Staromayorskoye and Urozhainoye.

Russia has been conducting a special military operation in Ukraine since February 24, 2022, the objectives of which, according to President Vladimir Putin, are to protect the population from “genocide by the Kiev government”.

It also aims to tackle the risks to national security posed by the advance of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization to the east.

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