"In the Krasny Lyman direction near Torske and Serebryansky forestry, coordinated actions of units of the Center Group of Forces, with artillery fire and air strikes, repelled and thwarted five attacks by assault groups of the 63rd mechanized brigade of the Ukrainian armed forces, the fifth brigade of the National Guard of Ukraine and the 12th special forces brigade Azov [banned in Russia]," Savchuk said, adding that Kiev's losses reached up to 20 servicepeople.
Russian air defenses shot down a Ukrainian drone near the settlement of Kreminna in the Lugansk People's Republic, he added.
"The group's bomber aircraft carried out four strikes on [Ukrainian] command and observation posts near [the village of] Serebryanka in the Donetsk People's Republic," Savchuk said.