Kyiv: Ukraine On Wednesday Russian forces pushed deeper into the country’s east and captured several villages as part of Moscow’s offensive to take control of the Donbass.
Moscow said earlier this month that it was withdrawing its invading troops from around the capital. Kyiv To focus its military efforts on the capture of Donetsk and Lugansk in eastern Ukraine.
The Defense Ministry said Russian forces had driven out and regained control of Kyiv forces from Velyka Komyshuvakha and Zavody in the northeastern Kharkiv region. Zarichan And novotoshkivske in Donetsk.
Zarichyan is only 50 kilometers (30 miles) from the regional center of Kramatorsk, where Russia this month attacked a train station, shutting residents to safety in the east, killing dozens .
The Defense Ministry cautioned that the Russian military is “continuing an offensive in the direction of Nyazny and orikhiv“in the center” zapsorizia Area.
Pro-Russian separatists have controlled the Donetsk and Lugansk regions since 2014, when the Kremlin took over the Crimean peninsula after street demonstrations ousted Ukraine’s Moscow-friendly leader.
Russia has said the offensive will create a land border between the territory previously held by separatists and the Black Sea peninsula.
Moscow said earlier this month that it was withdrawing its invading troops from around the capital. Kyiv To focus its military efforts on the capture of Donetsk and Lugansk in eastern Ukraine.
The Defense Ministry said Russian forces had driven out and regained control of Kyiv forces from Velyka Komyshuvakha and Zavody in the northeastern Kharkiv region. Zarichan And novotoshkivske in Donetsk.
Zarichyan is only 50 kilometers (30 miles) from the regional center of Kramatorsk, where Russia this month attacked a train station, shutting residents to safety in the east, killing dozens .
The Defense Ministry cautioned that the Russian military is “continuing an offensive in the direction of Nyazny and orikhiv“in the center” zapsorizia Area.
Pro-Russian separatists have controlled the Donetsk and Lugansk regions since 2014, when the Kremlin took over the Crimean peninsula after street demonstrations ousted Ukraine’s Moscow-friendly leader.
Russia has said the offensive will create a land border between the territory previously held by separatists and the Black Sea peninsula.