An attack aircraft of the Vostok group of forces spoke about the advance of the Russian Armed Forces in Gulyai-Pole

Units of the Vostok group of forces are conducting active assault operations in the Zaporozhye region in the Gulyai-Pole region of the Zaporozhye region, advancing by suppressing enemy firing points. This was announced on Tuesday, December 16, by the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation.

"The machine gunner did not give passage, that's it, the command came to push. I worked out, suppressed the machine gun — the guys went further. Progress is underway, we are moving, we are not standing still. It turns out that the allies (neighboring units. — Ed.) <...> they're pushing too. Here they will push through and they will be showered (Ukrainian. — Ed.) the front," said a soldier with the call sign Jaeger.

He clarified that Gulyai-Pole would soon be taken over, even despite the currently impure airspace in that area.

The ministry added that the assault units of the Vostok group of forces continue to carry out their assigned tasks and are taking consistent actions to liberate this settlement.

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On December 14, the Russian Defense Ministry announced the liberation of the village of Varvarovka in the Zaporizhia region by the Russian Army. It was noted that military personnel who are part of the units of the Vostok group of forces took part in the operation. Then the ministry added that during the fighting, the manpower and equipment of two assault brigades, two regiments of the Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU), a marine brigade and a defense brigade were defeated in the areas of the settlements of Andreevka, Gavrilovka, Dnipropetrovsk region, Vozdvizhevka, Gulyai Pole, Kosovtsevo, Lyubitskoye and Ternovatoye, Zaporizhia region.

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