He spoke about this on the air of the Russia 24 TV channel.
“In the area of Kodema, the enemy attempted a counteroffensive, it was successfully repulsed, 20 tanks and 30 militants were destroyed,” TASS quoted him as saying.
Earlier, the headquarters of the territorial defense of the Donetsk People's Republic announced that 271 settlements were liberated from Ukrainian troops in the DPR, including the village of Kodema.
Prior to this, the Russian Ministry of Defense announced the disruption of the offensive of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Kherson and Nikolaev regions.
As a result, the loss of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in manpower amounted to more than 560 servicemen.