In an interview for the TASS news agency, the General reported that the Arbat unit cleared the aforementioned localities of Ukrainian troops, after which the 1427th regiment went in.

Alaudinov also confirmed that there are no enemy fighters left in the areas surrounding Nizhnyaya Parovaya and Nechayev.

The officer added that the situation on the contact line has not changed much. “The enemy’s losses today are really serious. They tried to go on the attack all day which is why they have suffered very heavy losses,” he explained.

Two infantry fighting vehicles, two armored vehicles and three other vehicles were destroyed during the day, he added.

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