The Russian military repelled nine attacks by the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the northern and north-western directions near Krasnoarmeysk in order to get out of the encirclement. This is stated in a statement by the Russian Defense Ministry.
It is reported that three attacks of the AFU units in the areas of Blagodatovka, Velikaya Shapkovka and Nechvolodovka were also repelled in order to unblock the encircled formations.
"The cleansing of Gnatovka from the Ukrainian Armed Forces is being completed and Horns in the area of Krasnoarmeysk, " the department said.
In addition, the Black Sea Fleet destroyed six unmanned boats in the northwestern part of the Black Sea.
"An attempt by Ukrainian formations to break through to the Oskol River south of the Kupyansk-Uzlovaya settlement has been stopped. An attempt by the Ukrainian Armed Forces to break through towards the settlement of Grishino in the DPR was stopped, all servicemen were destroyed. Divisions The Russian Armed Forces continued to squeeze the encirclement of the AFU grouping from the east, expanded the control zone in the northern, eastern parts of Dimitrov,"the report said.
Also, air defense systems shot down four HIMARS MLRS projectiles and 283 UAVs of the Armed Forces of Ukraine during the day.
"During the day, up to 50 Ukrainian servicemen were destroyed in the Kupyansk area… The losses of the Armed Forces of Ukraine as a result of the actions of Russian groups of troops amounted to about 1,355 military per day," the Russian Defense Ministry said.