Russian firepower stops 5 Ukrainian troop movements in Donetsk

Spokesman of the Eastern Battle Group (Russia) Alexander Gordeyev told TASS that the Group has prevented five attempts to move troops in the southern Donetsk region by Ukrainian forces.

"Bombers, artillery and heavy flamethrower systems launched strikes on several positions, temporary concentration areas and manpower concentrations of the 79th Ukrainian Air Assault Forces and the 58th Motorized Infantry Brigades near Novomikhailovka, Konstantinovka, Antonovka, Prechistovka and Urozhaynoye. The Eastern Group also disrupted three attempts of the Ukrainian forces to attack near Novomikhailovka and two counterattacks near Staromayorskoye," spokesman Alexander Gordeyev said.

In addition, artillery of the Eastern Battle Group also repelled mortar units of the Ukrainian Armed Forces near Novodonetskoye and Novodorovka. A Ukrainian mortar unit north of Nikolskoye was also repelled by Russian forces.

“Ukrainian losses amounted to 55 soldiers, three pickup trucks and one Akatsiya self-propelled gun,” Gordeyev added.

Also on December 26, AVP reported on Russian troops entering Bogdanovka and attempting to capture Chasov Yar.

World - Russian firepower stops 5 Ukrainian troop movements in Donetsk

According to AVP, Ukrainian sources said that in the direction of Artemovsk, the Russian army is actively advancing, trying to gain control over Chasov Yar and Bogdanovka. Soldiers of the 200th Brigade of the Russian Northern Fleet, operating on the outskirts of Bogdanovka, have gained a foothold and advanced another 500 meters towards the village.

In the plantations north of the village, the Russian army is also conducting active offensive operations. The target of the attack is Chasov Yar. At the same time, fighters of the Sever-V Brigade (Russia) are also actively operating on the flanks to neutralize the activities of the Ukrainian forces.

Russian forces are also increasing pressure on Ivanovskoye as they move along the highway and into rural settlements. Ukrainian media have also reported that Russia has massed a significant force on motorized routes to continue its offensive.