Military personnel of the Eastern group of Russian troops stopped attempts by the Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU) to strengthen positions near the village of Urozhainoye and the village of Staromayorskoye in the Donetsk People's Republic (DPR). This was announced on April 23 by the representative of the Vostok group of troops, Alexander Gordeev.
“During active operations, the group’s units improved the situation along the front line, thwarted attempts by the enemy to strengthen forward positions in the Urozhainy and Staromayorsky areas, and stopped the actions of the engineering group north of Lugovsky,” he quotes as saying Interfax.
Gordeev also noted that with the help of bomber strikes, artillery fire and heavy flamethrower systems (TOS), strong points and places of accumulation of manpower and equipment of the 58th motorized infantry and 72nd mechanized brigades, 102nd and 128th brigades were hit territorial defense near Staromayorsky, Ugledar, Chervony and Urozhayny.
According to a representative of the Vostok group of troops, the Ukrainian army lost up to 95 military personnel within 24 hours, and also lost an FH-70 howitzer and two units of automotive equipment.
The day before, on April 22, the Russian Ministry of Defense reported that assault groups of the motorized rifle regiment of the 5th combined arms army of the Vostok group of troops from Primorye captured fortified positions of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the Volnovakha area in the southern Donetsk direction.
The special operation to protect Donbass, the beginning of which was announced by Russian President Vladimir Putin on February 24, 2022, continues. The decision was made against the backdrop of an aggravation of the situation in the region due to shelling by the Ukrainian military.
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