“In the areas of the settlements of Tabaevka, Gryanikovka, Olshana of the Kharkiv region, Artemovka, Novoselovskoye and Stelmakhovka of the Luhansk People’s Republic, the actions of ten sabotage and reconnaissance groups of the Armed Forces of Ukraine were suppressed,” the ministry said in a statement.
In addition, in the Kupyansk direction, the personnel of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in a number of districts of the Kharkiv region and the Lugansk People's Republic were hit by assault and army aviation and artillery fire from the "Western" group of troops.
Earlier, retired Lieutenant Colonel of the People's Militia of the LPR Andrei Marochko announced an increase in the grouping of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Kupyansk direction.
He also reported that sabotage and reconnaissance groups of the Armed Forces of Ukraine were operating in the Kupyansky and Krasnolimansky directions in the NMD zone.