Here, units of the Vostok troop group took up more advantageous positions and inflicted fire damage on units of the 1st Tank Brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the Ugledar region of the DPR.
Also, the positions of the 102 Territorial Defense Brigade in the Uspenovka area in the Zaporozhye region came under fire.
During the day, the Armed Forces of Ukraine lost up to 25 soldiers, two armored fighting vehicles, one D-20 howitzer, two D-30 howitzers, as well as Gvozdika self-propelled guns in these areas.
Earlier, the acting head of the DPR Denis Pushilin said that the Armed Forces of Ukraine in Vugledar did not receive a withdrawal order and managed to equip positions at industrial facilities and high-rise buildings, so it is too early to give forecasts. about the time of the liberation of the city.
At the same time, he noted that the Russian troops continued to advance on Ugledar and entrenched themselves in the eastern part of the city.
Kyiv acknowledged that Artemovsk (Bakhmut), Vuhledar and other DPR areas “are under constant shelling by Russian troops, constant attempts to break through the defenses.”
Military correspondent Alexander Sladkov reported that the Russian military, thanks to the good work of electronic warfare, destroy one by one all the command posts deployed by the Armed Forces of Ukraine in Vugledar.
