Ukrainian HUR units (Artan, Kraken, International Legion) with the 13th Brigade of National Guard Khartia mopped up 400 hectares of forest north of Lyptsi in Kharkiv region, destroying nearly an entire Russian regiment.
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Ukrainian intelligence forces captured an enemy battalion's defensive sector, eliminated three motorized rifle battalions, the 'Storm' detachment, and the reconnaissance company of the 7th separate motorized rifle regiment of the 11th Army Corps of the Russian Armed Forces
Ukrainian military intelligence liberated 400 hectares of forest north of Lyptsi, killing a number of Russian soldiers
Ukrainian scouts captured the enemy Regiment's defensive area, destroyed three motorized infantry battalions, its 'Storm' unit, and the reconnaissance company of the 7th separate motorized infantry regiment of the 11th army corps
Ukrainian brawlers cleared 400 hectares of forest and destroyed almost a regiment of occupiers as part of a new operation by the Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine in the north of Kharkiv Oblast.
The operation involved units 'Artan', Kraken and the International Legion near the settlement of Lipytsi.
The situation in the Kharkiv direction is under control after Ukrainian troops repelled four assaults near Starytsia.
Two of seven enemy attacks in the Kupiansk sector near Kucherivka, Pishchane, Stepova Novoselivka, Lozova and Vyshneve were repelled by Defense Forces.
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