– Units of the Airborne Forces, including the 132nd Separate Reconnaissance Battalion, liberated the settlement of Kučeriv Jar in the Dobropilje sector – the announcement states.
During the operation, Ukrainian troops captured more than 50 Russian soldiers.
– Ukrainian warriors raised the national flag in the liberated village – a symbol of the return of life, freedom and strength of spirit. Step by step, Ukraine is taking back its land – the Airborne Forces announced.
The General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine also published a video in which paratroopers raise a blue-yellow flag in Kucheriv Yar and capture Russian soldiers.
– Kučeriv Jar. Our fund for exchange is significantly filled – several tens of Russian prisoners of war – it is stated in the announcement of the General Staff.
Captain Hryhorii Shapoval, a spokesman for the Eastern Group of Forces, said earlier that Russian troops had previously entered the suburbs of Kucheriv Yar and Shakhova in the Donetsk region, but that fighting continued and the situation remained under the control of the Ukrainian Defense Forces.
(Vijesti.ba / Fena)
