MOSCOW, January 2. /TASS/. Russian forces destroyed two Ukrainian assault groups that tried to counterattack near the settlement of Grabovskoye in the Sumy Region, a source in Russia’s defense circles told TASS.

"In the area of Grabovskoye in the Sumy Region, the Ukrainian military launched a counterattack by two assault groups of the 119th separate territorial defense brigade. The attack was repulsed by combined firepower and both enemy groups were destroyed," the defense source said.