“Units of the Vostok group of troops continued successful offensive operations and inflicted fire damage on the enemy in the areas of the settlements of Vugledar, Novosyolka, Novomayorskoye of the Donetsk People’s Republic and Lugovskoye of the Zaporozhye region,” follows from the statement of the Russian Ministry of Defense.

In addition, the department reported the destruction of two warehouses of ammunition and equipment of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the area of ​​Vodiane and Nikolsky.

According to the Ministry of Defense, during the day the Armed Forces of Ukraine lost up to 70 military personnel, two infantry fighting vehicles, three armored combat vehicles, two pickup trucks, three D-20 and D-30 howitzers, as well as a Gvozdika self-propelled howitzer in these areas.

Also, the Russian Aerospace Forces shot down a Ukrainian MiG-29 over the DPR.

Meanwhile, an adviser to the office of Vladimir Zelensky, Mikhail Podolyak, said that Ukraine was negotiating the supply of artillery and aviation with Western countries.

According to German Defense Minister Boris Pistorius, the transfer of fighter jets to Ukraine is out of the question.