“When entering the northwestern outskirts of Saltovka, servicemen of the 14th brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine came under fire from the positions of the Kraken nationalist formation, with which most of them were destroyed,” the ministry said in a statement.

Earlier, in the area of ​​\u200b\u200bthe settlement of Russian Tishki, as a result of fire damage from units of the 14th mechanized brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, an attempt to attack the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Kharkov direction was thwarted.

The losses of the enemy amounted to over 50 people.

In addition, the Ukrainian troops during the day conducted new unsuccessful attempts at offensive operations in the Nikolaev-Kryvyi Rih direction.