Russian control over 2 areas near Kharkiv and Donetsk

According to Webangah News quoted by Mehr News Agency, citing Sputnik, Russian forces liberated two more areas in Kharkiv and Donetsk.

The Russian Ministry of Defense announced on Monday that the military forces of the Zapad battle group liberated Stepovaya Novoslovaka in the Kharkiv region.

According to this report, Russian forces also damaged five Ukrainian brigades in Donetsk and Luhansk, which resulted in the loss of 475 Ukrainian soldiers.

The Ministry of Defense of Russia announced that the units of the Zapad battle group also joined the formations of the 21st, 44th, 60th and 66th Mechanized Brigades of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and the 125th Territorial Defense Brigade in the Makifka region. and Novodyaniye caused damages.

According to this report, as a result of clashes in this axis, an M113 armored personnel carrier of the Ukrainian army was destroyed by Russian forces.

Russia’s Defense Ministry announced that Russian forces also took control of the town of Novo Pokrovskoye in Donetsk.