The enemy resumed the tactics of small assaults.
The Russians tried to attack the Defense Forces ten times within 24 hours in the area of the village of Robotino, Zaporozhye region. The occupiers have returned to the tactics of small assault groups with the involvement of several units of armored vehicles, said the commander of the operational-strategic group of troops “Tavria” Alexander Tarnavsky.
According to him, “these attempts at offensive actions are stopped, the enemy in the vicinity of Robotino is destroyed.” In total, during the day, the enemy carried out 33 assault operations in the area of responsibility of the OSUV, carried out 26 air strikes and carried out 803 artillery attacks.
On the Avdeevsky directionour defenders repelled five enemy attacks in the areas of Novobakhmutovka, Lastochkino and Pervomaisky. The Ukrainian military has gained a foothold on new lines of defense and is successfully repelling attempts by the Russian occupiers to develop an offensive.
In the Maryinsky directionDefense forces continue to contain the enemy in the areas of Georgievka, Pobeda, Novomikhailovka, where the enemy is supported aviation tried to break through the defenses of our troops 18 times. occupiers, 4 tanks, 21 armored combat vehicles, 4 artillery systems, 7 vehicles, 1 unit of special equipment – this is the UR-77 mine clearing installation, which is called the “Snake Gorynych”. The Defense Forces also destroyed 1 enemy ammunition depot; neutralized or destroyed 239 Bp, Tarnavsky said.
- The defenders liberated Rabotino, Zaporozhye region, from the occupiers in August 2023. On August 22, the defenders entered the village with a fight.
- The other day Russia intensified its offensive in the direction of Robotinoy. According to the Institus for the Study of War, the Russian army is now advancing in at least three directions: along the border of the Kharkov and Lugansk regions (in the direction of Kupyansk and Liman); in Avdeevka and around it; near Robotino in the west of the Zaporozhye region.