MOSCOW, November 15. /TASS/. The Ivanovo paratroopers anti-aircraft gunners destroyed several Ukrainian strongholds near Artyomovsk (known as Bakhmut in Ukraine) in the Donetsk People’s Republic (DPR), the Russian Defense Ministry told journalists.

"Reconnaissance registered camouflaged enemy strongholds with the use of a drone as the exact coordinates were passed on to the anti-aircraft gunners. They immediately proceeded to the firing line to destroy targets based on the reconnaissance they had received. The servicemen <…> destroyed camouflaged Ukrainian strongholds with rapid fire," the ministry said in a report.

According to the Russian defense agency, the fire was delivered from ZPU-4 and S-60 anti-aircraft guns. While being engaged in the Artyomovsk direction, the Ivanovo anti-aircraft gunners have hit dozens of enemy strongholds and a large number of lightly armored vehicles.