MOSCOW, November 7. /TASS/. An air assault team of Ivanovo-based Guards Airborne Regiment destroyed military hardware at a Ukrainian stronghold that was stormed near Artyomovsk, the Russian Defense Ministry reported.

"During combat, the paratroopers seized and destroyed an IFV-1 and a Western-made light tank. Later on, our units occupied the positions of the enemy who retreated in haste," the ministry said in a statement.

According to it, the air assault team also repelled an enemy counterattack as they used AGS-17 Plamya stationary automatic grenade launchers against the Ukrainian troops.