Russian troops tried to attack the positions of border guards near Bakhmut. The occupiers moved to one of them under the cover of an infantry fighting vehicle, informs the GNSU in Telegram.
" The enemy tried to break through another line of defense with attack aircraft,"
Border guards destroyed a machine-gun crew and several riflemen of the Russian troops. The invaders retreated with losses.
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