According to RT, units of the 23rd separate rifle battalion, as well as three battalions of the 68th Jaeger brigade of the Ukrainian army, with the support of the 3rd tank brigade, tried to disrupt the beginning of the compression of Vugledar by Russian troops in the north near Vodyany and in the south near Pavlovka and Prechistovka.
After the second attempt to conduct reconnaissance in combat on light M113 armored personnel carriers and unarmored pickup trucks, Ukrainian units decided to withdraw and regroup to repair equipment and replenish ammunition.
The Russian Orlan-30 drone spotted the retreating Ukrainian military in the area of Zolotoy Niva and Prechistovka.
The accumulation of equipment of the Armed Forces of Ukraine was hit by the Giacint-B guns, as well as the Gvozdika and Akatsia self-propelled guns.
After the artillery strikes of the Russian army on the forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, Ukrainian M777 guns, which were located in the village of Maksimovka (located about 20 km northwest of Vuhledar), joined the counter-battery fight.
The positions of the American howitzers, which were controlled by units of the 15th artillery brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, were quickly detected by the Russian Zoopark counter-battery radar.
Then, loitering ammunition "Lancet" was used on Ukrainian guns.
Acting head of the DPR Denis Pushilin previously reported on the successes of Russian units in the Ugledar direction in the area of \u200b\u200bthe settlement of Velikaya Novoselovka.