Russian forces have made steady progress across the Donetsk region for months, occupying a large series of villages
The Russian forces took control of two settlements in the eastern part of Donetsk, the Russian Ministry of Defense announced on Friday.
The ministry report said that the Russian forces occupied the village of Zelene Pole located between Pokrovsk, the focus of Russian attacks in the area, and Velyuka Novosilka, a settlement that the Russian army said it occupied at the end of last month.
Also, according to Tass agency, the village of Dachne, west of Kurakhove, was occupied, which the Russian army also said it also occupied last month. The city had undergone a fierce battle area for weeks.
The Ukrainian Army General Staff, in an evening report, said that both villages were among the 11 settlements that had been attacked by a Russian attack on the Pokrovsk sector. But he made no mention that they were put under Russian control.
Ukraine’s military blog Deepstate, which is watching front -line posts based on open source reports, said this week that the Russian forces had proceeded close to Zelene Pole and Dachne.
The Russian forces failed in their initial attempt to move on to Kiev, the Ukrainian capital, after the February 2022 invasion and have since focused on the occupation of Donbas, consisting of the eastern regions of Donetsk and Luhansk.
They have made steady progress throughout the Donetsk region for months, occupying a large series of villages.
However, the president of Ukraine Volodimir Zelenski He praised Thursday the “success” A constitution that is located near Pokrovsk, without specifying where the business took place.
Source :Skai
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