“In the area of ​​the city of Kramatorsk, positions were opened and two launchers of the US-made HIMARS multiple launch rocket system were destroyed,” the statement said.

It is also reported that the Russian Armed Forces struck at the points of temporary deployment of units of the "Foreign Legion", as a result of which more than 130 foreign mercenaries in the DPR were eliminated.

Earlier, the Ministry of Defense said that Russian military personnel continued their successful offensive in the Donetsk direction and took up new advantageous positions there.