“More advantageous lines and positions were occupied, and fire damage was caused to the personnel of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the areas of the settlements of Grigorovka and Dzerzhinskoye of the Donetsk People’s Republic,” the Russian Ministry of Defense reported.
In addition, the Russian military repelled three attacks by Ukrainian Armed Forces assault groups in the LPR and DPR.
According to the department, enemy losses amounted to up to 280 military personnel.
Earlier it became known that mortar crews of the 150th Guards Division of the Southern Group of Forces advanced towards the forward positions of Ukrainian troops in the Artyomovsk direction.