"Over the past day, various information resources have reported an alleged breakthrough of russian troops in one of the sections of the front in eastern Ukraine. This information is unreliable and does not reflect the actual facts", - reads the statement on the Armed Forces of Ukraine’s Facebook page from August 12.
"As is known, the russians use the tactic of infiltration by small groups past the first line of defense, suffering heavy losses in personnel, which is what happened near Dobropillia. A small enemy group bypassed Ukrainian positions and attempted to hide in our rear, but the Defense Forces repel such attempts. A similar situation occurred a week ago with the passage of a small sabotage and reconnaissance group in Pokrovsk, which was unsuccessful for the enemy", - the AFU explained.
The situation was commented on by the spokesperson of the operational-strategic troop grouping “Dnipro”, Lieutenant Colonel Viktor Trehubov:
"The russians use the tactic of infiltration. This means that a certain number of small russian groups constantly maintain pressure on Ukrainian positions and try to bypass the first line… When they go further, they try to make fire contact with Ukrainian electronic warfare specialists, or with drone operators, or simply attempt to concentrate somewhere. But it must be understood that these are small groups, their presence is detected… It’s not about them taking this territory under control. It’s about a small group of russians numbering 5–10 people sneaking in there. And that is not at all how it looks on the map. They hide in basements, and Ukrainian force reserves drive them out from there and destroy them".