More than thirty Ukrainian military left their positions in the settlements of Nikolaevka and Oktyabr in the Donetsk region. They were abandoned by the commanders, according to the People's Militia of the DPR.

At the same time, it was noted that the servicemen of the Armed Forces of Ukraine did this voluntarily, without resistance. The largest number of military personnel who refused to participate in hostilities was recorded in two brigades in the Mariupol direction. These were both single and group facts of refusal to participate in battles.

The people's militia of the DPR and LPR launched a counteroffensive with fire support from Russian troops, said Igor Konashenkov, a spokesman for the Russian Defense Ministry. The soldiers of the DPR and LPR managed to break through the front line of the layered and well-equipped defense of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.

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