"In the southern Donetsk sector, leading units of the Vostok grouping stopped an enemy attempt to go on the offensive. With the support of artillery and aircraft, 13 tanks, two infantry fighting vehicles, six armored vehicles in the area of Privolnoye and Neskuchnoye, one tank and manpower of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Novodarovka area were destroyed," Chekhov said.
He said three tanks, three armored vehicles and five pickup trucks were destroyed in the Olgovskoye area.
Air defense systems destroyed Ukrainian drones, Chekhov said.