The Russian Ministry of Defense announced that units from the “North” group forces targeted formations from four mechanized brigades and two assault regiments of the Ukrainian Armed Forces near the towns of Andriivka, Oleksiivka, Varachyno, Novaya Sych, Pavlovka, and Khrabovshchyna in Sumy region.
In the Kharkiv direction, units from a Ukrainian mechanized infantry brigade and a territorial defense brigade were targeted near the towns of Buchkovo, Vovchansk, and Okhrimovka in the Kharkiv region. The Ukrainian Armed Forces lost about 130 soldiers, five vehicles, and two artillery pieces, including a French-made TRF-1 155 mm howitzer, a radar station, and an ammunition depot.
The statement added that units from the Russian “West” group forces improved their tactical positions, and in the town of Kupiansk in the Kharkiv region, 115 buildings were captured.
The operation to liberate the town of Kirovsk in the Donetsk People’s Republic is nearing completion, as Russian assault units have reached its northwestern outskirts. Several brigades of the Ukrainian Armed Forces were targeted in the towns of Polderivka, Kolodyzhnoye, Petrovka, Smorodkovka, and Staroverivka in the Kharkiv region, and Maslyakivka, and Yampil in the Donetsk People’s Republic.
Enemy losses amounted to 230 soldiers, a British-made “Snatch” armored combat vehicle, 14 vehicles, and three field artillery pieces. A radar station, seven electronic warfare stations, and nine ammunition depots were destroyed.
