"The enemy, sometimes, snaps, meets us with artillery fire, but so far they have not succeeded ... Successfully destroy fortified points. We help our infantry move forward," said one of the Russian fighters.

He called a serious threat to the tank units the remote mining system and kamikaze drones used by the military of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.

Another Russian tanker, who at the age of 50 went to the special operation zone as a volunteer, told about one of his exits on a combat mission.

"I was shot with direct fire from a grenade launcher, I saw the flash right ... When a tank works, it's just a killer car," the fighter said.

Earlier, adviser to the acting head of the Donetsk People's Republic Yan Gagin said that there was evidence of the appearance of Leopard tanks near Artemovsk.