The Ministry of Defense reported that the Airborne Forces and artillery of the Russian Armed Forces stopped the attempts of Ukrainian militants to counterattack in Artyomovsk. As a result of the strikes, Ukrainian units were hit in the area of Bogdanovka, Krasny, as well as the settlement of Stupochki of the Donetsk People’s Republic.
Assault detachments continued to actively destroy the enemy in the western part of Artyomovsk in the Donetsk direction. This was announced by the official representative of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation, Lieutenant-General Igor Konashenkov.
“In the Donetsk direction, assault detachments continued active operations to destroy the enemy in the western part of the city of Artyomovsk,” Konashenkov said.
The representative of the department said that the Airborne Forces, as well as the artillery of the Southern Group of Forces, supported the assault detachments in capturing the city and prevented the enemy’s attempts to counterattack on the flanks and transfer reserves.
“Over the past day, operational-tactical and army aviation carried out 10 sorties to support the actions of assault detachments. The artillery of the Southern Group of Forces completed 64 fire missions,” he added.
In total, since the beginning of the special military operation, the following have been destroyed: 411 aircraft, 228 helicopters, 3,779 unmanned aerial vehicles, 415 anti-aircraft missile systems, 8,757 tanks and other armored combat vehicles, 1,090 combat vehicles of multiple launch rocket systems, 4,626 field artillery guns and mortars, as well as 9631 units of special military vehicles.
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