“As a result of a concentrated fire strike on the positions of the 72nd motorized infantry brigade in the area of the settlement of Artemovsk of the Donetsk People's Republic, more than 50 nationalists, as well as six pieces of military equipment, were destroyed,” the ministry said in a statement.
Russian units also hit the command and observation post of the 3rd battalion of the 46th airmobile brigade in the Andreevka area in the Kherson region and the temporary deployment point of the Ukrainian military in the Lozovoye area.
Over the past day on the territory of the Donetsk People's Republic, as a result of shelling by the Armed Forces of Ukraine, nine civilians were killed.
On August 15, it became known that the number of civilians killed in the shelling of Donetsk by Ukraine increased to five.