MOSCOW, January 9. /TASS/. Russian troops have improved their tactical position near Georgiyevka and Bogdanovka in the Donetsk area, Vadim Astafiev, spokesman for Russia’s battlegroup South, told TASS.

"Units of the southern battlegroup, supported by air strikes and artillery fire, have improved the tactical situation in the areas of Georgiyevka and Bogdanovka. They defeated the accumulations of manpower and equipment of the Ukrainian 24th, 28th, 42nd, 93rd mechanized, 92nd assault brigades, 112th territorial defense brigade near Toretsk, Andreyevka, Kleshcheyevka and Krasnoye," Astafyev said.

According to him, the enemy lost over 250 servicemen, as well as two tanks, three armored combat vehicles, two vehicles, and two 122 mm D-30 howitzers. "Air defense systems shot down four Ukrainian drones near the settlements of Pesky and Novomikhailovka in the Donetsk People's Republic," the spokesman added.