The Russian Ministry of Defense informs about this.
As noted in the department’s report, the T-72 crews hit the area where Ukrainian troops were concentrated with rapid fire from closed firing positions.
Thus, during aerial reconnaissance, the crew of the Orlan-30 UAV discovered the targets of the Ukrainian Armed Forces and transmitted the coordinates to the tank unit to suppress them.
It is clarified that the Ukrainian Armed Forces were going to launch a counterattack in the Avdiivka direction.
Earlier, the department reported the destruction of another Abrams tank of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the Avdeevsky direction. Russian troops defeated the enemy in Pervomaiskoye, Berdychi, Tonenkoye and Vodyanoye.