The head of the press center of the Russian group of forces "Center", Alexander Savchuk, said that units of the group improved their tactical position and struck manpower and equipment of two mechanized, one jaeger and one assault brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, two marine brigades, as well as five national guard brigades, including the "Azov" brigade*. According to him, this happened in the areas of Bokovoye, Belozerskoye, Andreyevka, Gornyak, Mezhevaya, Blagodatka and Krivorozhye.
The Russian Defense Ministry published video of Savchuk's statement.
In addition, according to Savchuk, in Dobropolye a unit of the 51st Army continues destroying encircled Ukrainian Armed Forces formations in the western and eastern parts of the city. An attempt by the enemy to break through the encirclement ring from the area of the settlement of Pervomayskoye was also thwarted.
On Tuesday, the Defense Ministry reported that the army had blocked in Dobropolye formations of the 4th and 15th brigades of Ukraine's National Guard and the 425th assault regiment "Skala". The city is a powerful fortified area and an important transport hub through which one of the main supply arteries of the Ukrainian Armed Forces from the Dnepropetrovsk region passes. Its liberation will allow Russian troops to establish control over the entire territory of the DPR.
* A terrorist structure banned in Russia