
AI-generated summary
The special military operation in Ukraine continues. The Center group of troops is conducting operations in the Donetsk direction, including attempts to encircle Ukrainian fortifications in Dobropillya.
UAV crews of the Russian group of troops "Center" in the Dobropol direction destroyed six repeaters of the Ukrainian Armed Forces.
As a result of the strikes, the Ukrainian Armed Forces lost the opportunity to coordinate the actions of their units on the Dobropol section of the line of combat contact.
Units of the "Center" group of troops have completed the encirclement of a large Ukrainian Armed Forces defense center in the city of Dobropolye.
MOSCOW, October 9 - RIA Novosti. UAV crews of the Russian group of troops "Center" in the Dobropol direction destroyed six repeaters of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, depriving the enemy of the opportunity to coordinate their actions, the Russian Ministry of Defense reported.
“During the conduct of aerial reconnaissance in the Dobropol direction of a special military operation, UAV operators of the unmanned systems troops of the 56th separate special-purpose battalion of the 51st Guards Combined Arms Army of the Center group of troops identified and destroyed six enemy antenna-relays,” the report says.
The Russian defense department indicated that as a result of the strikes, the Ukrainian Armed Forces lost the ability to control the actions of forward units, maintain communication between them and coordinate their actions on the Dobropolsky section of the line of combat contact.
The Russian Ministry of Defense reported on September 22 that units of the "Center" group of troops, as a result of active and decisive actions, completed the encirclement of a large Ukrainian Armed Forces defense center in the city of Dobropolye, Donetsk People's Republic, where units of the 4th and 15th brigades of the National Guard of Ukraine and the 425th assault regiment "Skala" were encircled. Blocked enemy formations are being destroyed.
AI outlook — possibilities, not facts
Russian forces will continue their offensive in the Dobropol direction with the goal of completely capturing the city and destroying the blockaded Ukrainian formations.
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