Russian Forces Thwart Ukrainian Attempt to Attack
© Russian Defence Ministry / Go to the mediabankIn this handout photo released by the Russian Defence Ministry, a pilot of a Russian Sukhoi Su-25 fighter jet is seen inside a cabin during a flight in the course of Russia's military operation in Ukraine, at the unknown location
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MOSCOW (Sputnik) - Russian forces have repelled attempts by Ukrainian troops to attack in four directions, a Russian Defense Ministry spokesperson told Sputnik.
"Units of the [Russian] Yug Group of Forces have successfully repelled the attacks of assault groups of the armed forces of Ukraine in the Lisichansk, Soledar-Artemovsk [Bakhmut], Aleksandr-Kalinovsk and Maryinka directions. The group's aviation carried out missile and bomb strikes against concentrations of enemy manpower and firepower," the spokesperson said.
The defense ministry spokesperson added that the advance of Ukrainian troops was detected in a timely manner by the reconnaissance of Russian units, thanks to which the enemy's armored vehicles were destroyed before they reached the line of transition to the attack.