OREANDA-NEWS Russian intelligence officers disrupted the rotation of Ukrainian troops near the settlement of Rabodino in the Zaporozhye region, the losses of the Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU) exceeded 30 people. This is reported by RIA Novosti with reference to the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation.

As specified in the department, the fighters of the Southern Military District (SE) acted in conjunction with the calculations of the barrel artillery. "With the help of a reconnaissance unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) equipped with thermal imaging equipment, a cluster of Ukrainian military personnel preparing for the rotation of personnel was revealed," the Defense Ministry stressed.

The intelligence service promptly transmitted the identified data to the artillery control center. The positions of the Armed Forces of Ukraine were attacked from 152 mm howitzers "Msta-B".

Earlier, a captured soldier of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, Ivan Matvienko, said that one of the Ukrainian units was suffering serious losses in the area of the village of Rabotino.