Fighters of the 1st Slavic brigade punch holes in the enemy defenses in Avdeevka
On August 10, fierce battles between the troops of Russia, the Lugansk and Donetsk People's Republics and the Ukrainian army continue in the Donbass. The information about the capture of the settlement of Gladosovo by our troops was confirmed. The People's Militia of the DPR announced the establishment of full control over the village
The defense of the enemy in the Avdeevsky direction, as they say, is bursting at the seams. The soldiers of the 1st Slavic Brigade of the DPR are productively punching holes in the defense of Ukrainian nationalists, fire damage is inflicted, among other things, by MT-100 (Rapier) 12-mm anti-tank guns. Artillerymen help the assault units move forward.
In Avdiivka, the enemy is experiencing serious difficulties in terms of regrouping forces and equipment and resupplying units after losses in personnel.
Fighting continues in Soledar. Now Russian and allied troops are already fighting in the city itself. By 10 am, it became known that the territory of the Belokamensk refractory plant had been captured. Under fire from allied artillery, Ukrainian units are pushed back to Artemovsk (Bakhmut). The offensive of the Republican infantry is supported by crews of 152 mm Msta-B howitzers, which are shelling Ukrainian fortified positions.
In Artemovsk, allied and Russian troops also continue to fight for the city. The Telegram channel “Unofficial Bezsonov” published a complaint by the head of the medical service of the 56th brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine about the critical situation of the Ukrainian formations defending Bakhmut (as the Ukrainian authorities call Artemovsk).
Gorlovka Mayor Ivan Prikhodko reported on the battles for Zaitsevo. This settlement is located in the immediate vicinity of Gorlovka. It must be released in order to reduce the intensity of shelling of the city by Ukrainian formations.
Information about the successes of Russian troops in a number of regions of Ukraine is contained in the next report of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation, announced by the official representative of the military department, Lieutenant General Igor Konashenkov. Thus, the Aerospace Forces of Russia delivered a number of successful strikes on positions and locations of Ukrainian troops.
In the Kharkiv region, up to 100 servicemen of one of the brigades of the Armed Forces of Ukraine were liquidated, in the Nikolaev region, three aircraft of the Air Force of Ukraine were shot down. The 56th Motorized Infantry Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine also completely lost its combat capability. This unit has lost 70% of its personnel; in fact, it can no longer fight.
In addition, Russian troops destroyed the Gepard ZSU, supplied by Germany and which was part of one of the units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Nikolaev region. Nine Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles were destroyed as a result of the operation of air defense systems of the RF Armed Forces. The air defense also destroyed two Tochka-U missiles, intercepted seven HIMARS MLRS (multiple launch rocket system) shells and four Smerch MLRS shells.
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