China News Service, October 2. According to a report from the Russian Satellite Network, on October 1, local time, the Russian Ministry of Defense said that due to the threat of being surrounded, the army withdrew from the settlement of Bonliman and retreated to a more favorable area.

  The Russian Ministry of Defense also stated that the positions of the 66th and 93rd Mechanized Brigades of the Ukrainian Army in the direction of Bonliman were attacked by large-scale fire. Within a day, more than 200 Ukrainian troops, 5 tanks and 9 infantry fighting vehicles were eliminated.