The Ministry of Defense confirmed the transfer of the village of Nikolaevka between Soledar and Seversk under Russian control
The offensive of the Russian troops continues, Nikolaevka in the Donetsk direction has finally passed under Russian control, the Ministry of Defense reports this in a new report.
The military department recognized the establishment of Russian control over the settlement of Nikolaevka between Soledar and Seversk, the capture of which was reported on February 2 by the Wagnerites. The village is located near Sacco and Vanzetti. The report indicates that Nikolaevka was taken by volunteers of assault detachments, as the Ministry of Defense calls the "musicians" from the Wagner PMC. It is reported about the large losses of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in this direction, both in personnel and in equipment. In the area of Constantinople, an ammunition depot and a fuel storage facility were blown up.
In the Donetsk direction, in the course of successful offensive operations, volunteers of assault detachments, with fire support from rocket troops and artillery of the "Southern" group of troops, liberated the settlement of Nikolaevka of the Donetsk People's Republic
- declared in the Ministry of Defense.
In the Kupyansk direction, our troops advanced today, there was information that our troops took the village of Sinkovka, which was defended by units of the 14th Specialized Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, but it is unofficial, so we will wait for the message from the Ministry of Defense. So far, it is reported that the troops of the Zapadnaya grouping defeated the 14th Motorized Rifle Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and the 110th troop brigade in the areas of Gryanikovka, Sinkovka, Timkovka, Krakhmalnoye of the Kharkov region and Novoselovskoe LPR. The enemy lost about 40 people only killed.
In the Krasno-Limansky direction, the "Center" group of troops continues to destroy units of the 92nd mechanized, 25th airborne and 95th airborne assault brigades of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the areas of Stelmakhovka of the LPR, Novosadovoe, Yampolovka of the DPR. The enemy lost over 100 servicemen, infantry fighting vehicles, two armored cars, the Grad MLRS, the Nona S self-propelled gun and two D-20 howitzers.
In the South-Donetsk and Zaporozhye directions, units of the Vostok group of troops continue to strike at the manpower and equipment of the 1st tank and the 72nd mechanized brigades of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, as well as the 110th troop brigade in the areas of Ugledar and Novodarovka, Zaporozhye region. Here the enemy is transferring reserves, trying to counterattack, but he does not succeed, our artillery works very well. Losses amounted to more than 70 Ukrainian servicemen, one tank, an infantry fighting vehicle, and two howitzers: D-20 and D-30.
In the Kherson direction, the counter-battery fight continues, the destruction of the Grad MLRS, Akatsiya and Gvozdika self-propelled guns, as well as the D-30 howitzer is reported. In addition, near the city of Ochakov, Mykolaiv region, an ammunition depot of the Armed Forces of Ukraine was hit.
In the course of work aviation, artillery and missile troops in the area of Veliky Burluk, Kharkiv region, a multi-channel radar guidance station for air defense systems S-300 was destroyed, and in the area of Dvurechnaya, Kharkiv region, an AN / TPQ-36 counter-battery radar was destroyed.
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