The Russian Armed Forces repelled three attacks by the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the Donetsk direction. “Units of the “Southern” group of troops improved the situation along the front line and defeated concentrations of manpower and equipment,” the Russian Ministry of Defense said.

The Russian military lost up to 230 military personnel, two tanks, two infantry fighting vehicles and six vehicles. It was also reported that the Russian military liberated the village of Petrovskoye in the Avdeevsky direction.