"The crews of Su-34 fighter-bombers of the Southern Grouping of Troops hit more than 10 facilities of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Lisichansk, Soledar-Artemovsk and Aleksandrov-Kalinovsk directions," Astafyev said.
Russian attack aircraft also destroyed enemy manpower in the areas of the settlements of Belogorovka, Veseloye and Avdeevka; the crews of army aviation helicopters destroyed Ukrainian armored vehicles in the areas of Kurdyumovka and Kleshcheevka (the Donetsk People's Republic), he said.
Ukraine launched its much-touted counteroffensive in early June after repeatedly delaying the campaign over a lack of military supplies from its Western donors. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky admitted that progress was "slower than desired."