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Russian forces shelled Ukrainian positions in Kolodyazi (northeast of Lyman) with tube artillery.

Kolodyazi, Donetsk Oblast
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Source Reports

Russian forces are shelling Ukrainian positions in Kolodyazi (northeast of Lyman) with tube artillery, according to geolocated footage published on September 15.

The 3rd Army Corps has reported mopping up 75 sq km and liberating a further 10 sq km as part of counteroffensive operations in the northern part of Donetsk Oblast.

A total of 38 attacks were repelled in the Pokrovsk direction. According to preliminary estimates, 66 invaders were killed and five wounded there today.

The operation dealt a heavy blow to the combat capabilities of Russia's 20th and 25th Combined Arms Armies.

Ukrainian drone strikes had pushed Russian supply hubs across the state border.

Ukraine’s 3rd Army Corps has launched an offensive operation in the Donetsk region aimed at pushing back Russian forces and dismantling their infiltration tactics, Brig. Gen. Andriy Biletsky, the corps’ commander, said Tuesday.

Ukrainian defenders did not allow the enemy to advance near Shandrigholove in Lyman district of Donetsk Oblast and pushed it back.

Footage shows Ukrainian defenders conducting combat operations with the HIMARS system against Russian troop positions in the Oleksandrivka direction.

The strikes targeted treelines where enemy personnel were based.

The caption to the video states that all enemy targets were struck.

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