A Russia claimed to have captured the city of Pokrovsk (Donetsk), in eastern Ukrainean important logistical center for Ukrainian forces, as well as Vovchansk (Kharkiv) in the northeast, having Vladimir Putin praised the Russian Armed Forces.
“As for the Central and Eastern groups, here, along the entire line of combat contact, the initiative is entirely in the hands of our Armed Forces”, said the Russian PresidentVladimir Putin, quoted by the Russian news agency TASSduring his visit to the military command of troops fighting in Ukraine.
Putin specifically referred to the Vostok group’s “pace of advancement”which is approaching the city of Huliaipole. “The Chief of the General Staff, Valery Gerasimov, informed Vladimir Putin about the liberation of the cities of Krasnoarmeysk (Russian name for Pokrovsk) and Vovchansk,” declared the Kremlin (Russian presidency) on the social network Telegram.
According to the Kremlin, this report was delivered to the Russian President on Sunday night, but the information was only released at the end of the day on Monday.
The Kremlin also reported advances in Dimitrov, where Russian military forces reportedly control the southern part of the city, and in the southern part of the front line, where they are said to have reached the Gaichur River.
Putin, wearing a military uniform during the visit, thanked the military for capturing the cities and emphasized the importance of this sector of the Ukrainian front. Such “it will allow the resolution of all the main missions defined from the beginning, when we started the special military operation”he stated.
In addition, other high-ranking generals reported on the situation in different sectors of the Ukrainian front. The commander of the Central Military Unit, Valeri Solodchuk, reported the annihilation of blocked enemy attacks on the cities of Pokrovsk and Mirnograd, with details of the capture of the area in the city. Andréi Ivanáev, commander of the military group, commented on the situation in the regions of Zaporijia and Dinpropetrovsk, where Russian troops attacked the Gaichur River and began the battle in Huliaipole, an important Ukrainian fortress.
Russian Defense Minister Andrei Belousov described the capture of Vovchansk as “an important step towards victory and achievement of Moscow’s goals” in Ukraine.
This ad appears in full negotiations between Ukrainians and Americans over Washington’s plan to end the war, one of the points of friction being the issue of territories occupied by Moscow.
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