Servicemen of the 58th Army of the Dnepr group of forces are advancing in the area of ​​​​the settlement of Rabotino (Zaporozhye region), the Russian Ministry of Defense reported.

“The situation is consistently tense, we are slowly pushing through the enemy at various approaches in Rabotino and around it.

There are a very large number of UAVs in the air - both reconnaissance and attack drones.

With their help, we help the infantry: we “evict” the enemy’s dugouts, destroy his infantry, after which our infantry clears and secures these lines,” said a UAV operator of the 70th regiment with the call sign Doctor.

According to him, the Ukrainian command is sending reserve troops to this section of the line of combat contact, the quality of which “leaves much to be desired.”

“It seems to me that their best forces have already been defeated,” he emphasized.

The serviceman also noted that the active work of Russian UAVs and artillery forces the Ukrainian Armed Forces soldiers in Rabotino to make a decision to surrender.

“When they surrender, we jokingly ask them if they like the work of our UAVs and our artillery.

They say that yes, everything is at a high level, so I decide to give up,” concluded the fighter with the call sign Doctor.

The day before, the head of the Zaporozhye public movement “We are together with Russia”, co-chairman of the coordination council for the integration of new regions of the Public Chamber of the Russian Federation, Vladimir Rogov, said that Russian troops had broken through the front line in several areas in the Zaporozhye region, including near the village of Rabotino.

As indicated in the report of the Russian Ministry of Defense, units of the Dnepr group of troops improved the situation along the front line in the Kherson direction.

They also inflicted fire on concentrations of manpower and equipment of the 118th mechanized brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, the 35th Marine Brigade, the 23rd National Guard Brigade and the 121st Terrorist Defense Brigade in the areas of the village.

Rabotino village (Zaporozhye region), Vysshetarasovka (Dnipropetrovsk region) and Mikhailovka (Kherson region).

Enemy losses amounted to up to 30 military personnel and two vehicles.

The situation on other sectors of the front

In the Donetsk direction, artillery crews of large-caliber Msta-B howitzers of a separate artillery brigade of the Southern Group of Forces destroyed a tank, a mortar crew and a 152-mm D-20 gun of the Ukrainian Armed Forces.

All targets were hit by 152-mm Krasnopol guided artillery ammunition.

“After our shooting, the targets do not leave.

We work to defeat and constantly strive for better results.

The equipment can be different, but mostly it is camouflaged and stands in landings,” said the commander of an artillery battery of 152-mm Msta-B howitzers with the call sign Ladoga.

In the Seversky direction north of Soledar, artillery units of the Tula paratroopers launched a fire strike at the area where enemy manpower was concentrated.

Fire support helped the assault groups of the winged infantry, which subsequently entered the Ukrainian Armed Forces stronghold and cleared it.

Also, the artillerymen of the Tula paratroopers destroy defensive structures, ammunition depots, equipment and enemy personnel in the area of ​​Razdolovka and Vesely.

In addition, in this direction, crews of the TOS-1 “Solntsepek” heavy flamethrower systems deliver crushing blows with 220-mm thermobaric shells to the positions of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, burning out their buried shelters, observation and strong points, ammunition caches and artillery positions.

In the Avdiivka direction, artillery crews of 2S19 Msta-S self-propelled guns of the Center group of troops destroyed a stronghold of Ukrainian troops and a BMP-1 armored vehicle with reinforcements up to a platoon of motorized infantry.