“We repelled six attacks by assault groups of the 22nd mechanized brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the areas of the settlements of Belogorovka and Pereezdnoye of the Donetsk People’s Republic,” the department said in a statement.
Artillery struck enemy concentrations of manpower and equipment in the area of Kleshcheevka and Krasny. According to the Russian Ministry of Defense, the Ukrainian Armed Forces lost up to 210 military personnel.
Earlier, the Russian military provided medical assistance to a wounded Ukrainian Armed Forces soldier in the Kupyansk direction. The footage was published by RT military correspondent Alexander Simonov.
An ex-mercenary from Poland, who was captured by the Russian Armed Forces in the Krynok region, said that he no longer wants to be associated with the Ukrainian Armed Forces.