DONETSK, September 19. /TASS/. Russian troops have knocked out a Ukrainian group from most of its positions in the village of Shandrigolovo in the Krasnolimansk direction, Igor Kimakovsky, adviser to the head of the Donetsk People’s Republic, told TASS.

"Our assault groups knocked out the enemy from most of their positions in Shandrigolovo," Kimakovsky said.

He added that the Ukrainian army is withdrawing in the direction of the settlements of Alexandrovka and Korovy Yar.