Heavy clashes are ongoing to the north of the town of Svatovo area in the Luhansk People’s Republic. The Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU) continue their attempts to advance in the south-eastern direction and destroy Russian military positions.
So far, Ukrainian advance has been stopped in the village of Kuzemovk located 15 kilometers to the north-west of the town of Svatovo which became an important stronghold of Russian forces in the LPR.
The assault groups of the 92nd brigade of the AFU failed to advance beyond the railway line and they were forced to dug in in the forest area nearby. Active operations of Ukrainian servicemen were spotted by the Russian military. As a result, Ukrainian servicemen were shelled by the TOS-1A Solntsepek of the Russian 1st Tank Army.
The video confirmed that the AFU suffered heavy losses. At the same time, it shows that the Russian military did not shell the retreating Ukrainian servicemen. Russians let the Ukrainians who survived the attack to take the wounded and leave the spot along the road which was under Russian fire control.
