Forest plantations did not help Ukrainian troops as a shelter in the north and west of the DPR
The number of captured Ukrainian soldiers has increased in the north and west of the Donetsk People's Republic, where Russian troops are attacking from the Zaporozhye and Kharkiv regions, including on the territory of the Limansky district of the DPR, most of which is still under the control of the troops of the Kiev regime.
One of the offensive lines is south of Izyum towards Slavyansk. During the previous day, including at night, the positions of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and national battalions were attacked using multiple launch rocket systems (MLRS "Smerch" and "Grad"), cannon artillery, aviation.
Ukrainian troops are trying to use forest plantations as shelters, as well as to organize firing points with military equipment placed there. Does not help.
As a result of a series of strikes in one of the directions, several platoons from the national battalions and separate battalions of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and territorial defense were liquidated.
Officers captured by Russian troops say that Russian artillery strikes did not stop for several hours, which left no chance for regrouping or retreat. The captured lieutenant of the Armed Forces of Ukraine says that his platoon did not even have time to dig in, but decided to hide in a forest plantation. Part of the platoon was captured.
Serious losses were suffered by Ukrainian armed formations in the Velikonovoselkovsky district, including the village of Staromayorskoe.
Several videos with captured representatives of the 105th Territorial Defense Battalion:
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