Illia Yevlash, head of the press service of the Armed Forces' Eastern Grouping of Forces, stated that the Lyman-Kupiansk front is currently the most difficult and dynamic front in Ukraine, with increased Russian assault operations.
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The most dynamic front is Lyman-Kupiansk. The situation there is now the most difficult.
Russia is actively using its air forces, deploying both jet planes and military helicopters.
Russian forces increased combat operations along Kupyansk-Svatove-Kreminna line
Ukrainian soldiers from the 66th Mechanised Brigade destroyed a Russian tank equipped with a KMT-7 mine trawl near Makiivka in the Luhansk region.
A video of the successful attack was posted on social media showing one Russian soldier escaping from the burning vehicle.
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