Russian security structures told RIA Novosti about the destruction of a temporary deployment point of Ukrainian reconnaissance troops in the village of Brazhniki near Kharkiv.
According to the source, in eastern Kharkiv in the village of Brazhniki the destruction of a temporary deployment point of fighters of the reconnaissance company of the 72nd Separate Mechanized Brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces was confirmed.
The agency's interlocutor specified that the Ukrainian Armed Forces suffered losses among sergeants.
As President Vladimir Putin has emphasized, the army is successfully accomplishing the task of creating a buffer security zone along the border with Kharkiv region.
The "Sever" group of forces is operating in this region. Overnight, the enemy lost about 19 drone control points in its area of responsibility. The fighters also shot down 205 drones that were trying to fly into the Russian border area. In addition, they continued to tighten the encirclement ring in the cauldron, eliminating up to 60 Ukrainian Armed Forces servicemen in a day.