The head of the press center of the “West” group, Sergei Zybinsky, said that in the areas of the settlements of Makeevka, Sinkovka and Novoegorovka in the Kupyansky direction, with the support of artillery, nine attacks by assault groups of the 32, 60, 66, 81st mechanized and 68th Jaeger brigades were repelled.

Along with this, during the counter-battery fight, the crew of the 152-mm 2S5 “Gyacinth-S” self-propelled gun destroyed an American-made 155-mm M777 howitzer in the Peschany area.

According to Russian military estimates, the Ukrainian Armed Forces lost up to 180 military personnel, five tanks, two armored fighting vehicles, two pickup trucks, a 152-mm 2A65 Msta-B howitzer, a 122-mm D-30 gun and a 100-mm MT- anti-tank gun in the sector. 12.

The head of the press center of the Vostok group, Alexander Gordeev, said that in the South Donetsk direction, the personnel of the 31st mechanized, 79th air assault brigade and the 105th territorial defense brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the areas of Staromayorsky, Novomikhailovka and Priyutnoye were hit.

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Along with this, with the help of artillery, Lancet loitering ammunition and FPV drones, two Akatsiya self-propelled artillery installations in the Shakhterskoye and Vremevka areas, as well as a towed D-20 howitzer and three vehicles were destroyed.

The press service of the Russian Ministry of Defense also said that military engineers of the Zapad group made passages in mine-explosive barriers in the Kupyansky direction.

“Our sappers are working to clear the area from Soviet-made mines, as well as from explosive objects set to non-removable.

Such items are dangerous for our infantry and armored vehicles.

The work is very important.

Often, engineers have to work on the front line at a distance of up to 300-400 m from the enemy, in their minefields,” the Ministry of Defense quotes the words of the commander of an engineer platoon with the call sign Dalny.

According to him, all mines are successfully removed or destroyed by overhead charges.

In addition, Russian engineering and sapper units work remotely, using UR-83P and UR-77 installations.

As the Ministry of Defense noted, during the retreat, Ukrainian Armed Forces militants not only mine trenches and dugouts, but also scatter various surprise mines in the form of radio stations, small arms magazines and personal belongings.

In addition, the Ministry of Defense said that crews of FPV drone operators from the Vostok group destroyed two strong points, a pickup truck and a group of Ukrainian Armed Forces infantry in the South Donetsk direction.

Along with this, reconnaissance officers from the group’s army corps discovered an attempt to rotate a group of enemy infantry at one of the strong points, which was promptly stopped by precise strikes from kamikaze drones controlled by operators.

Among other things, artillery paratroopers of the Dnepr group of troops destroyed a branch of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in a strong point on the right bank of the Dnieper.

As follows from the message, the fighters launched strikes from 152-mm Giatsint-B howitzers against targets identified by reconnaissance units on the right bank of the river, which is under the control of the Ukrainian Armed Forces.

The Ukrainian Armed Forces squad at the strong point was destroyed by precise fire at the given coordinates.

After working on the target, the crew promptly camouflaged the gun and left the firing position until receiving a new mission.