Russian stormtroopers destroyed a group of Ukrainian Armed Forces militants and captured a border guard.

During the offensive in the Kharkiv direction, Russian assault units destroyed a militant group of the Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU) and captured one border guard. This was reported on July 19 in the Russian law enforcement agencies.

"During the offensive, our stormtroopers destroyed a nationalist combat group from the 4th (border guard) detachment. — Ed.), having captured one Ukrainian border guard," RIA Novosti quoted the security forces as saying.

It is specified that the servicemen of the Russian Armed Forces continue to conduct rifle battles west of the village of Petro-Ivanovka, as well as in the forests near the settlements of Artelnoye, Budarki and Zemlyanki.

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By defeating the defense of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in this area, the Russian army created the conditions for itself to reach Slavyansk and Kramatorsk.

On July 19, the Russian Defense Ministry announced that calculations of 122-millimeter D-30 howitzers of the Vostok group of forces had destroyed the Ukrainian Armed Forces strongholds in the Zaporizhia region. It was noted that the enemy used shelters, communication passages and forest belts for covert movement between equipped positions.