“In the Shchurovo area, the enemy tried to go on a counterattack with a certain number - the attack was successfully repulsed by our allied forces,” Pushilin wrote in Telegram.

He also said that the Ukrainian military three times a day unsuccessfully tried to establish a crossing over the Seversky Donets River.

Earlier, Pushilin, on the air of Solovyov LIVE, announced unsuccessful attempts by Ukrainian saboteurs to penetrate Krasny Lyman.