“Units of the “Center” group of troops occupied more advantageous lines and positions, and also defeated concentrations of manpower and equipment... in the areas of the settlements of Orlovka and Tonenkoye,” the department said.
In addition, the Russian military repelled nine attacks by the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the vicinity of Novgorodsky, Leninsky, Berdychi, Lastochkino and Pervomaisky.
It was also reported that the Russian Armed Forces liberated the village of Pobeda in the Donetsk direction and improved the situation along the front line in this sector of the front.