This was announced by the head of the press center of the group Oleg Chekhov.

"With the support of artillery and aviation, 13 tanks, two infantry fighting vehicles, six armored vehicles in the area of Privolne and Neskuchne, as well as one tank and manpower of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the area of Novodarivka were destroyed," he said.

Three more tanks, three armored vehicles and five pickup trucks were destroyed in the Olgovsky area.

North of Nikolskoye, an attempt by the Armed Forces of Ukraine to conduct reconnaissance in force was thwarted.

Earlier, the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine admitted that the Ukrainian army is trying to conduct offensive operations in some areas of the front.

As the Russian Defense Ministry later stated, Russian troops prevented attempts by the Armed Forces of Ukraine to attack in several directions at once. The total losses of Ukrainian troops in the South Donetsk direction amounted to more than 1,5 thousand troops, 28 tanks, of which eight Leopards made in Germany, three wheeled tanks AMX-10 made in France.