Russian troops completely liberated the village of Gryanikovka in the Kharkov region.

As the official representative of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation, Lieutenant-General Igor Konashenkov, clarified, the advance in the Kupyansk direction of the NMD was achieved thanks to the actions of units of the Western Group of Forces.

In addition, assault and army aviation, as well as artillery, struck at the enemy’s manpower and equipment in the areas of the settlement.

settlement Novoselovskoe (LPR), Zapadnoye, Starch and Masyutovka (Kharkiv region).

According to the Ministry of Defense, the losses of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in this sector per day amounted to 80 people, three armored vehicles, four vehicles, the Msta-B howitzer and the Gvozdika self-propelled guns.

In the Krasnolimansky direction, the grouping of troops "Center" attacked the formations of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the area of ​​​​n.

settlements of Stelmakhovka, Chervonopopovka and Chervonaya Dibrova (LPR).

Enemy losses in this area exceeded 100 servicemen, two armored combat vehicles, two vehicles, Akatsiya and Gvozdika self-propelled guns, as well as D-20 and D-30 towed howitzers were also destroyed.

“In the Donetsk direction, with the support of assault and army aviation strikes, artillery fire, the offensive of the units of the Southern Group of Forces continued.

During the day, up to 150 Ukrainian servicemen, five armored combat vehicles, three vehicles, a Grad MLRS combat vehicle and a Gvozdika self-propelled howitzer were destroyed, Konashenkov said.

He added that in the areas of Avdiivka and Krasnogorovka (DPR) three depots of ammunition and missile and artillery weapons of the Armed Forces of Ukraine were destroyed.

In the South-Donetsk and Zaporizhia directions, Russian operational-tactical aviation and artillery of the Vostok group of forces attacked enemy manpower and equipment in the areas of the settlement.

v. Ugledar and Prechistovka (DPR), Poltavka (Zaporozhye region).

The losses of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in this sector per day exceeded 50 people killed and wounded.

Four armored vehicles, two pickup trucks, a D-20 howitzer and an ammunition depot of the 72nd mechanized brigade were also destroyed.

“In the Kherson direction, up to 20 Ukrainian servicemen, as well as four Gvozdika self-propelled howitzers, were destroyed in a day as a result of enemy fire,” Konashenkov said.

According to him, over the past 24 hours, Russian army aviation, missile troops and artillery struck 85 artillery units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine at firing positions, manpower and military equipment of the enemy in 112 districts.

Air defense systems shot down three HIMARS MLRS rockets and 11 Ukrainian drones.

Meanwhile, the founder of the Wagner Group, Yevgeny Prigozhin, reported the night before that PMC assault units had established full control over the village of Paraskovievka, which is located north of Artyomovsk (Bakhmut).

Fierce fighting continues in the city itself.

Yan Gagin, an adviser to the acting head of the DPR, told TASS that the supply of the Ukrainian group of troops in Artyomovsk is difficult, although the Kiev regime is still trying to transfer additional units and weapons to the city.

“A few days ago, the Armed Forces of Ukraine withdrew all command from there.

With such an intensification of the offensive of the Wagner Group, the grouping of Ukrainian troops in Artyomovsk is doomed.

It's a matter of time," Gagin said.

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At the same time, the leaders of Western countries continue to declare their support for the Kyiv regime.

Thus, British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak and German Chancellor Olaf Scholz, after meeting on the sidelines of the Munich Security Conference, issued a statement in which they indicated their intention to maintain a “record high level” of military assistance provided to Ukraine.

In turn, German Foreign Minister Annalena Berbock opposed any territorial concessions from Kiev, and NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg noted that the risk of an escalation of the conflict for NATO is much lower than "the risk of Putin's victory."

Commenting on this statement, Deputy Chairman of the Russian Security Council Dmitry Medvedev wrote in his Telegram channel: “I am translating into understandable Russian: the risk of a third world war is significantly less than the risk of our country winning.

Freaks.

They hate and fear."