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The crew of the Mi-35 attack helicopter of the Russian Armed Forces thwarted an attempt by the AFU fighters to bridge the Oskol River in the Kupyansky district of the Kharkiv region. This was reported in the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation.
The ministry told about the actions of Major Sergei Bondarchuk and Senior Lieutenant Maxim Igolnikov. Since September 5, they have been providing air support to a group of motorized infantry. The latter were engaged in the task of disrupting the counteroffensive of Ukrainian formations in the Kupyansk direction. As a result, the crew flew 5-6 sorties a day, and two of them at night.
While performing the task, they found an enemy who was trying to secretly bring a river crossing near the Ukrainian settlement of Senkovo. After they reported on the enemy’s actions and assessed the situation, the crew inflicted a fire defeat on the enemy, using means of aviation destruction. As a result, plans to advance the AFU into the depth of defense were thwarted.
Prior to that, the deputy head of the new administration of the Kherson region, Kirill Stremousov, said that “everything is stable in the Kherson direction, everything is favorable”. According to him, Kherson is completely safe. In his telegram channel, Stremousov promised subscribers that “the fate of the Indians will not befall us” and that “we will be preserved for the sake of the future of our generations”.
Before that, the People’s Militia of the DPR reported that over the past day, the Ukrainian troops lost up to 40 personnel, and two more armored personnel carriers. Before that, the head of the republic Denis Pushilin announced the destruction of the AFU command post, which was located in the village of Dobropole. He added that the enemy’s equipment was smashed in the Uglegorsk direction.