According to the Russian Ministry of Defense, four drones were shot down in the areas of Yakovlevka, Zhitlovka and Chervona Dibrova in the DPR and LPR.
“16 rockets of HIMARS, Alder and Uragan multiple launch rocket systems were also intercepted in the areas of the settlements of Maryinka, Gorlovka, Zlatoustovka, Ilovaisk of the Donetsk People's Republic and Chaplynka of the Kherson region,” the ministry said in a statement.
Earlier, the founder of the Wagner PMC, Yevgeny Prigozhin, announced the liberation of the village of Blagodatnoye in the DPR.
In addition, according to RIA Novosti, the crews of Russian 120-mm 2B11 mortars and 152-mm Giacint guns inflicted a fire defeat on a group of Ukrainian militants in the Avdiivka direction.