Gerasimov: Two-Thousand-Strong AFU Group Eliminated in Kharkiv Region
MOSCOW, October 17, FederalPress. The Russian military command has reported the completion of combat operations against a large group of the Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU) in the northeastern Kharkiv region. Russian President Vladimir Putin discussed the operation's outcomes with military officials at a meeting held at a support command post of the Joint Group of Forces.
Chief of the General Staff of the Russian Armed Forces Valery Gerasimov informed the president that Russian units had finished eliminating a Ukrainian group numbering about two thousand people. According to him, 28 settlements were also liberated during the fighting.
Commander of the "Sever" group of forces, Colonel General Evgeny Nikiforov, stated that the enemy was surrounded. He specified that the group comprised ten battalions in total.
"A group of the AFU consisting of 10 battalions with a total strength of up to 2,000 people was surrounded. In the second phase of the operation, starting in early September, troops began liquidating the surrounded enemy. The blocked AFU group was completely divided into several parts, which were destroyed sequentially," Nikiforov said during the meeting.
Earlier, "FederalPress" reported on the actions of the "Center" group of forces. Its units liberated Dobropolye in the Donetsk People's Republic (DPR). This city is characterized as one of the important elements of the AFU's defense in the Dnepropetrovsk direction.
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