Defense Ministry: The Russian army continued its offensive in the Donetsk direction, strikes on Ukrainian units were carried out, including near Avdiivka and Ugledar
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The Russian Defense Ministry announced the continuation of the offensive in the Donetsk direction with simultaneous repulse of enemy counterattacks.
So, the military department reported that two tanks and six armored vehicles were destroyed in this direction. The losses of the Ukrainian side amounted to 120 people.
In the South Donets direction, Russian units inflicted a fire defeat on a mechanized company of the AFU in the Vodiane area (south of Avdiivka). Three sabotage and reconnaissance groups of the Ukrainian army were destroyed in the Pavlovka area (south of Ugledar). Also, strikes were inflicted on motorized infantry companies of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, which were advancing to attack in the area of Novoselovsky, as well as Stelmakhovka (LNR).
The military department also reported strikes on the AFU control points in the areas of the settlements of Chuguev, Kislovka, Starch, Berestove, Kruglyakovka (Kharkiv region), Pobeda, Dobrovolye, Vodiane (DPR), Sadovoye, Tokarevka, Dudchany (Kherson region).
Two Ukrainian Buk-M1 self-propelled SAM launchers and an ammunition depot were destroyed in the Kramatorsk area. A battery of M777 artillery systems was suppressed near Kolesnikovka (Kharkiv region). In the area of Minkovka (DPR), the US-made AN/TPQ-37 counter-battery radar station was destroyed.
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