AFU forward detachment got ambushed and destroyed

21.01.25 📍 Krasnoarmeysk direction
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The Tsentr Group's special forces unit received information about AFU manpower and hardware covertly moving close to Arkhangelskoye (Donetsk People's Republic). Using the terrain features, the crews stealthily arrived at the firing positions and began to monitor the enemy movement.
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🔥 Night observation revealed AFU units moving on a U.S.-made M113 armoured personnel carrier. The combat vehicle was destroyed by 12.7-mm Kord and Utyos large-calibre machine guns.
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The enemy soon attempted to evacuate the damaged equipment using other combat vehicles and paratroopers, which were also neutralised. Source
🔹 Russian Defence Ministry