“As a result of artillery fire and active actions of the Vostok group of forces, more than 65 Ukrainian servicemen of the 110th territorial defense brigade ... and the 72nd mechanized brigade were destroyed,” the Russian Defense Ministry said.

In addition, several vehicles of the Armed Forces of Ukraine were destroyed during the day.

Three warehouses of missile and artillery weapons of the Ukrainian military were also hit in the areas of Malinovka and Avdiivka in the DPR and Druzhelyubovka in the Zaporozhye region.