Russian troops attacked militants in the Alexander-Kalinovsky, Maryinsky and Avdeevsky directions in the DPR. Said the head of the press center of the group “South” Vadim Astafiev.
“On the Alexander-Kalinovskiy tactical direction, artillerymen of the second army corps carried out fire raids on three positions of artillery pieces and positions of the enemy mortar crew in the areas of the settlements of Dzerzhinsk, Novgorodskoye, Kleban-Byk and Popovka. Losses in manpower of artillery crews of the Armed Forces of Ukraine amounted to 60 people,” – quotes his RIA Novosti on May 1.
According to him, in the areas of Krasnogorovka and Galitsinovka, two platoon strongholds of the Ukrainian brigade and three vehicles that brought ammunition to the Ukrainian military were destroyed. Artillerymen of the RF Armed Forces destroyed a tank and three enemy infantry fighting vehicles near the settlements of Severnoye, Pervomayskoye and Avdeevka.
Oleksandr Savchuk, head of the press center of the Center group, said that the artillery units of this group hit about 140 targets of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the Krasnolymansky direction. About it informed TASS.
He added that Russian Su-34s and Su-25s hit strongholds, areas of concentration of firepower and manpower of Ukrainian nationalists. In addition, the air defense complex shot down an unmanned aerial reconnaissance and fire control system for A1-SM “Furia” artillery.
