The Russian military captured a large Ukrainian Armed Forces checkpoint in the area of its

Military personnel of the Southern Group of Forces have captured a large stronghold of the Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU) in the Alexander-Kalinovsky area of the special operation. On May 12, the Russian Ministry of Defense showed footage of the work of Russian fighters.

Thus, the military personnel managed to eliminate an M113 armored personnel carrier made in the USA and a tank. The fighters also captured the tank's crew and at least ten Ukrainian Armed Forces fighters.

"We came in initially, we already knew about their area of work due to drone reconnaissance. We went to a certain point, explored the object further, looked at the approach routes, escape routes, and observed," said the commander of the reconnaissance group with the call sign Varyag.

According to him, the soldiers advanced on the enemy on the second day. The fighters have adopted a strategy that they have been using for a long time. Within its framework, a sniper works first, after which an assault subgroup enters.

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On the same day, Russian servicemen of the 137th separate motorized rifle brigade of the Center group of forces told about the liberation of the Lysovka settlement in the DPR. It is specified that the offensive lasted for four hours.