The spokesman wrote on Telegram that the Ukrainian Armed Forces tried to advance in that direction with support from armored vehicles, but they were stopped by fire from the Eastern group.

Chekhov added that Russian artillery also destroyed an ammunition depot north of Vladimirovka and a temporary deployment point of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the vicinity of Ugledar.

A Ukrainian 120-mm mortar battery was wiped out north of the village of Nikolsky by Russian self-propelled howitzers.

The aviation, in turn, hit temporary enemy deployment areas in the enclaves of Staromayorsky, Urozhainoye and Priyutny, causing numerous casualties among the Ukrainian forces and the destruction of matériel.

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