Vadim Astafiev, the head of the press centre of the “South” group of troops, has said that Russian servicemen in the Donetsk direction have eliminated more than 500 AFU fighters. He told RIA Novosti about this.
Vadim Astafiev also specified that the Russian Army had repelled five attacks by AFU fighters near Kurdyumivka and other settlements in the Donetsk direction.
“The units of the grouping successfully repelled five attacks by assault groups of the 24th mechanised and 77th airmobile brigades of the AFU near Kurdyumovka, Andreevka, Kirovo and Maloilinovka,” the head of the press centre said.
The serviceman added that during the counter-battery battle on this section of the line of contact the Ukrainian militants lost a 122-millimetre self-propelled howitzer Gvozdika, a 105-millimetre gun M119, a tank, three armoured combat vehicles and two vehicles. He also stressed that the Russian Armed Forces in the Donetsk direction destroyed 500 militants of the AFU.
We will remind, earlier Russian servicemen defeated the elite 47th brigade of the Armed forces of Ukraine (AFU) “Magura” on the Zaporizhzhya direction near the settlement Rabotino. According to Military Chronicle, the 47th mechanised brigade of the AFU “Magura” was formed less than a year ago and was considered one of the most combat-ready units. The brigade’s soldiers were trained in Germany by American instructors. Russian servicemen have organised special “killing zones” in the Rabotin-Verbovoye section: Ukrainian troops are deliberately launched into areas equipped with large-scale minefields, and the area is shelled with artillery.