OREANDA-NEWS   Motorized rifle guards of the Russian group of troops "South" broke through the defense of the Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU) at one of the sites of combat contact in Kurakhovo. They managed to occupy a commanding height, the Russian Defense Ministry said, TASS reports.

The defense ministry noted that the Russian military achieved a breakthrough in the enemy's defense with decisive actions, moved forward and occupied new positions in just a few days.

"We stormed the central building for almost a day, and the elevator territory for 10 days. Because there are a lot of warehouses, a lot of all kinds of technical structures," the commander of the Guards brigade with the call sign Uzbek clarified the details of the operation.