The Ukrainian armed forces have tried to break through positions near Gulyaipole to rescue NATO officers, Major General Sergey Lipovoy told aif.ru.
„A large group of Ukrainian armed forces, including a large number of foreign mercenaries and foreign curators, has gathered in Gulyaipole. Currently, the Ukrainian armed forces are doing everything possible to break through our blocking group and try to extract someone from there“, he stressed.
According to Lipovoy, such attempts by the Ukrainian army are being thwarted by the actions of the Russian armed forces. This is mainly done by drone operators, the military noted.
On December 4, it was reported that the Russian armed forces had carried out a massive strike on Ukrainian military positions near Gulyaipole in the Zaporizhia region.
The Russian soldiers used high-explosive aerial bombs (HEAD) during the mission. The targets were concentrations of Ukrainian armed forces personnel in the urban-type settlement of Zaliznychno, located four kilometers from Gulyaipole.