Border guards neutralized four groups of Russian attack aircraft near Bakhmut, Donetsk region, reports the State Border Guard Service.
" This maneuver was noticed by aerial reconnaissance officers of the State Border Service, and border guard mortars destroyed two groups of enemy infantry. The rest of the invaders left,"
Russian troops tried to hide between private houses and regroup for a new assault.
" Mortarmen of the State Border Service and artillerymen of the National Guard finished off the remnants of the assault groups of the occupiers with accurate shots,"
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