As of 15:00 on February 24, fighting continues along the entire contact line, a breakthrough of enemy troops is not allowed, the Joint Forces Operation (JFO) Headquarters reports on Facebook.

"Now fierce battles are going on in the area of the settlement of Pyschevyk (Donetsk region). The Russian occupying forces tried to break through the defense using 16 tanks. The military personnel of the Joint Forces used the NLAW anti-tank systems. Three enemy tanks were destroyed," the message says.