The Russian Defense Ministry announced an improvement in positions in the Kupyansk direction

The Russian military during the offensive improved the situation in the Kupyansk direction. About it informs Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation.

“In the Kupyansk direction, the assault detachments of the Western Group of Forces conducted offensive operations in the designated areas of responsibility and improved the position along the front line,” the report says.

Over the past 24 hours, the Armed Forces (AF) of the Russian Federation repelled nine attacks of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in this direction. Five enemy attacks were stopped in the Donetsk direction, and two in the Zaporozhye direction. The Armed Forces of Ukraine also tried to advance in the Krasnoliman direction, Russian troops repulsed the attack, the Ministry of Defense stressed.

In the Paraskovievka area of ​​the DPR, the RF Armed Forces hit the command post of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. An enemy Su-25 aircraft was destroyed near Novotroitsky, the Russian military department noted.

The Armed Forces of Ukraine have been conducting offensive operations since the beginning of June. The Kremlin has repeatedly stated about the lack of success of the Ukrainian army and pointed to the heavy losses of the enemy.

At the same time, Russian troops are conducting an offensive in the Kupyansk direction. Against its background, the Ukrainian authorities announced about the evacuation in the Kyiv-controlled Kupyansky district of the Kharkiv region. Vitaly Ganchev, head of the Russian-controlled military-civilian administration of the Kharkiv region informedthat the Russian military had to go “a few kilometers” to Kupyansk.