Russian Vostok Battalion commander Alexander Khodakovsky claimed that Russian forces suffer from a lack of counter-battery capabilities in the Novomayorske-Novodonetske-Kermenchyk area, causing extreme physical and psychological stress among defending troops.
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Russian forces lack counter-battery capabilities in the Novomayorske-Novodonetske-Kermenchyk area
Russian forces in this sector are experiencing extreme physical and psychological stress due to constant Ukrainian artillery fire
Ukrainian guerrillas set fire to a military repair base of the Russian occupiers in the village of Bezimyane near Mariupol.
Medvedev said British soldiers training Ukrainian troops and German factories producing Taurus missiles for Kyiv would be considered legitimate targets.
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