April 8, Russian war correspondent Sladkov reported that an American special forces officer was destroyed by the Russian army during the counterattack in Kupyansk. His identity information has been notified to the staff of the U.S. Embassy.
The Ukrainian army launched a certain scale of counter-offensive operations on the Kupyansk direction. Dozens of tanks and armored vehicles were involved in the battle. After two days of fierce fighting, the Russian army completely repelled the Ukrainian army's counterattack and expanded the occupied areas in multiple locations.
During the battle, the Ukrainian army used thermal imaging FPV drones to strike armored vehicles, cars, and infantry of the Ukrainian army.
The website of the Russian Defense Ministry's press office reported that the troops of the Western Military District of Russia liberated the village of Katerynivka in the Luhansk region.
In the Lyman direction, the Russian army used Luta-D kamikaze drones to destroy a 122 mm 2S1 self-propelled howitzer of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
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