Ukraine: Russian army uses sabotage and reconnaissance groups

“The Russian troops fired artillery and mortars at settlements in the Chernihiv and Sumy oblasts, and missiles at the Desna settlement. They continue attempts to conduct air reconnaissance with the help of UAVs in this direction,” the General Staff of Ukraine wrote on Facebook, Report informs.

“The primary efforts in the Kharkiv region are aimed at maintaining the borders. The Russian army uses sabotage and reconnaissance groups. In the Bakhmut direction, the Russian Army launched an offensive to improve the tactical situation. However, these attempts failed. No serious changes have been recorded in the direction of Bessarabia,” the General Staff said.

The General Staff noted that one plane, one cruise missile, and 20 armoured vehicles of the Russian Armed Forces were intercepted and destroyed over the past day. Sixteen enemy attacks were repulsed in the Donetsk and Luhansk regions. At the same time, 8 tanks, 17 armoured combat vehicles and 4 special armoured vehicles of the Russian troops were destroyed.