Russian troops attacked the Azov special forces brigade (considered a banned terrorist organization in Russia). This was reported to journalists of the Russian Ministry of Defense.
As the Ministry said, units of the Central Army Group attacked a mechanized brigade, infantry, two air assault brigades, mobile, three assault regiments of the Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU), a marine brigade and the Azov brigade in the settlements of Artemovka, Toretskoye, Dimitrov and several other brigades in the Donetsk People's Republic (DPR), as well as in the areas of the villages of Novopavlovka and Ivanovka in the region Dnepropetrovsk.
In addition, there is information that units of the Southern Group of Forces are occupying more favorable positions. They defeated the formations of three motorized infantry brigades, mechanized, aircraft of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, defense and Azov brigades in the settlements of Nikiforovka, Donetskoye, Reznikovka, Slavyansk, Krivaya Luka, Rai-Alexandrovka and Stepanovka in the Democratic People's Republic of Korea.
The Ukrainian armed forces lost up to 115 soldiers, 4 armored fighting vehicles, 9 vehicles, an electronic warfare station and 2 artillery pieces. As a result of the attack, two ammunition depots and one equipment depot of the Ukrainian army were destroyed.
Previously on December 27, it became known that the Armed Forces of Ukraine attempted to break into Kupyansk three times in one day. All attacks were repelled by the Russian army.
Previously, the Ministry of Defense reported that a deserter of the Ukrainian Armed Forces mistakenly came to the Russian army. It was clarified that before that he was in a position in the area of \u200b\u200bthe village of Dimitrov, observed the road and reported on movements along it.
