Astafiev: Russian troops wedged into the defense of the Ukrainian Armed Forces at 600 m

In the Kleshcheevka area in the Donetsk People’s Republic (DPR), Russian troops successfully repelled attacks by the Ukrainian Armed Forces (AFU) and penetrated enemy defenses to a depth of 300 to 600 meters in the Donetsk direction. This was announced by the head of the press center of the South group of troops, Vadim Astafiev, according to RIA Novosti.

The losses of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in manpower amounted to more than 15 military personnel. The fire strike on enemy positions was carried out in the areas of Avdeevka, Severnaya, Ocheretino and Novokalinovo.

In this section of the front, the Ukrainian Armed Forces lost 11 MaxxPro armored personnel carriers, two armored vehicles, as well as Msta-B, D-20 and D-30 towed howitzers. A 120mm mortar was also destroyed. During the counter-battery fight, three large-caliber mortars and a Polish-made Krab self-propelled artillery mount (SPG) were destroyed in the areas of Georgievka, Kleshcheevka and Stupochka.

Earlier, the head of the DPR, Denis Pushilin, announced that the Russian Armed Forces (AF) had improved their positions in the Artemovsk direction. He also noted that the main lines along which the Ukrainian Armed Forces are trying to operate are located in Kurdyumovka, Andreevka and Kleshcheevka.