The Russian Defense Ministry confirmed that special forces of the Main Intelligence Directorate of Ukraine (GUR) landed near Pokrovsk and announced that it had been destroyed, APA's Moscow bureau reports.
The Russian Ministry of Defense said that the landing of a helicopter of the "GUR" special operations forces group was prevented in an area located approximately 1 km northwest of the settlement of Krasnoarmeysk.
It was noted that all 11 Ukrainian special forces who landed in Pokrovsk by helicopter were killed.