Defense Ministry showed footage of Solntsepek destroying AFU fighters near Kharkiv

On February 18, the Russian Defense Ministry published footage of fire strikes on the locations of the AFU's accumulation of living forces by units of the "North" group of troops in the Kharkiv direction.

"In the course of reconnaissance activities, the servicemen of the "North" group of troops detected an accumulation of the AFU's manpower in the Kharkiv region. The TOS-1A Solntsepek calculation destroyed the Ukrainian militants' hideouts," - follows from the statement of the department.

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Earlier in the day, the Russian Defense Ministry published footage of combat work by fighters of the Center group of troops in the point of Yasenovoye in the DNR, which was liberated on February 11. The ministry said that the assault and tank units of the Center troops group destroyed camouflaged machine-gun points, fortified positions and AFU manpower. The assault troops then began clearing basements and other structures. Some of the Ukrainian fighters fled, abandoning their weapons, wounded and dead fellow soldiers.