“In all directions, the enemy has been thrown back from the line of defense of the Russian troops,” the ministry said.

The ministry clarified that more than 100 Ukrainian soldiers, six tanks, eight military vehicles and nine vehicles of the Armed Forces of Ukraine were destroyed.

The Russian Defense Ministry also reported that Russian troops destroyed three pontoon crossings of the Armed Forces of Ukraine across the Ingulets River.

In addition, as a result of the offensive actions of the Russian troops, the settlement of Zaitsevo in the Donetsk People's Republic was liberated.