MOSCOW. May 23 (Interfax) - Russian forces have eliminated three Ukrainian sabotuer groups in the zone of the special military operation over the past 24 hours, Russian Defense Ministry spokesman Igor Konashenkov said.
"In the Kupyansk sector, aircraft strikes, artillery fire and intensive operations by units of the western group of forces hit hostile units near Masyutovka, Timkovka and Tabayevka in the Kharkov region and Novosyolovskoye in the Lugansk People's Republic. In addition, two Ukrainian saboteur and reconnaissance groups were neutralized near Timkovka," Konashenkov said at a press briefing on Tuesday.
"A Ukrainian sabotage and reconnaissance group was neutralized near Olgovskoye in the Zaporozhye region," he said.