
Marine artillerymen of the "Center" group of troops destroyed the control point of drones with foreign mercenaries in the Dobropolsky direction after detecting the target by aerial reconnaissance and preparing data for firing by the commander with the call sign Lavina; fire was opened seven minutes after receiving the command.
AI-generated summary
The report comes in the context of ongoing fighting in the Donbass, where Russian forces regularly claim the defeat of Ukrainian targets and foreign mercenaries.
Brief retelling from RIA II
Marine artillerymen of the "Center" group of troops destroyed the control point for drones with foreign mercenaries located there in the Dobropol direction.
Aerial reconnaissance discovered a gathering of up to four people, presumably foreign mercenaries.
The commander with the call sign Lavina prepared the firing data in a timely manner, which allowed the artillery crew to open fire seven minutes after receiving the command and hit the target.
DONETSK, October 12 – RIA Novosti. Marine artillerymen of the "Center" group of troops destroyed the control center of drones with foreign mercenaries located there in the Dobropol direction, the commander of the first rocket artillery battery with the call sign Bras told RIA Novosti.
According to a serviceman of the 61st Guards Marine Brigade, aerial reconnaissance discovered a gathering of up to four people, presumably foreign mercenaries. They were near equipment designed to control drone flights.
“The chief of artillery sent the coordinates of the target, after which they told us to start opening fire. We had to work for ten minutes until the mercenaries ran into cover,” Bras said.
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Continuation of artillery strikes on drone control points and concentrations of foreign mercenaries at the front
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