Sergei Cherevaty, spokesman for the Vostok Operational Command, said that our defenders in the Donbas are preventing Russian forces from succeeding. Meanwhile, the enemies do not leave efforts to break through the defense of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in order to reach Slavyansk and Kramatorsk. However, during the broadcast on Espresso, the military assured that the Ukrainian command knew about these plans of the enemy, so counter-operations are practiced in advance..

He also noted that in the Limansk and Kupyansk directions, the Russians are trying to carry out counter-offensive operations in the area of \u200b\u200bStelmahovka and Krasnopopovka.. As a result, they are under heavy fire from the Defense Forces, which use rocket systems, artillery, mortars and tanks against the enemy.. As a result of heavy losses, the Russians retreat.

As for the losses, according to Cherevaty, yesterday the Russian Federation lost 119 soldiers in the Limansk direction, another 150 were injured. The Armed Forces of Ukraine also destroyed three enemy tanks, an infantry fighting vehicle, a Grad multiple launch rocket system and two drones there..

“In fact, for several months in a row, the enemy has been trying, concentrating on some sectors, that is, not conducting a large strategic offensive operation, but trying to find a weak spot in our defense with minor counteroffensive actions in the Bakhmut, Avdeevsky and Limansky directions in order to break through,” says Cherevaty. “And depending on operational luck or some kind of local success, as they think in their sweet dreams, to cover our grouping or break through our defense system.”.

The officer said that in this region all areas of the terrain were shot, from where the Russians, as a rule, conduct offensive operations.. And our soldiers, with their coherence, training, courage, daily rebuff them.

Cherevaty noted that weather conditions and poor visibility are now causing additional difficulties.. Also, the daily operations of the enemy deplete the personnel of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, which must be constantly concentrated.

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Recall, on December 28, the New York Times wrote that the Armed Forces of Ukraine approached the industrial gates of Donbass - the city of Kremennaya, which is one of the most heavily mined Russians in this war.. Its de-occupation will allow Ukrainian soldiers to control the main roads to Severodonetsk and Lysychansk.