OREANDA-NEWS   The Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU) actually fled their positions as Russian troops approached Sukhoi Balka in the Donetsk People's Republic (DPR). This was announced by the stormtrooper of the Storm detachment of the Southern Group of Russian Troops with the call sign Maga, TASS reports.

He said that the Ukrainian Armed Forces had abandoned their positions on the approach of the Russian Army to Sukhoi Balka. The deputy commander of the detachment with the call sign Berkut told the agency that according to the radio interception data, it can be concluded that the Ukrainian troops were confident that they were fighting.

Earlier, the Ministry of Defense showed footage of the destruction of a warehouse and a pickup truck of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in Sukhoi Balka. Having received the coordinates, the D-30 howitzer crew destroyed the Ukrainian troops' depot.

Prior to that, Russian troops occupied Sukhaya Balka. The daily losses of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the specified section of the line of contact amounted to up to 300 people.