(MENAFN- UkrinForm) Over the past day, Ukrainian troops eliminated 37 occupiers and injured 107 more in Bakhmut direction. "Every day, we assault and pass a certain distance, it is verified within a week, it is announced by the deputy minister. As we have already said, we liberate hundreds of meters a day, kilometers a week, and the time will come when there will be tens of kilometers," Serhiy Cherevaty, the spokesman for the Eastern Group of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, said during the United News national telethon.
The main task, which is performed along with the liberation of territories, is the preservation of personnel, Cherevaty emphasized.
"We cannot afford to act adventurously and rush into frontal attacks, but we make maximum use of the maneuver of encircling the enemy, comprehensively destroying them with all types of means of destruction available to us," the spokesman emphasized.
He added that 37 occupiers had been killed and 107 wounded in Bakhmut direction over the past day.
In addition, according to Cherevaty, enemy's Osa anti-aircraft missile system, D-30 howitzer, two ammunition depots, a command and observation post of a company, two control posts for unmanned aerial vehicles, Orlan-10 and Lancet drones were destroyed.
As reported, the Defense Forces of Ukraine freed 2 sq km of territory in Bakhmut direction and more than 12 sq km in the south from the Russian invaders over the past week.
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