The Russian army’s efforts in Ukraine are currently focused on capturing the entire Donetsk region in the east of the country, its chief of staff Valery Guerassimov said on Thursday.
“The situation on the front line has stabilized, the main efforts of our troops are focused on completing the liberation of the territory of the Donetsk People’s Republic,” self-proclaimed pro-Russian separatists, Valery Gerasimov was quoted as saying by news agencies. russian. .
A front line of 815 km
According to him, the front line with the Ukrainian forces is currently 815 kilometers long.
Valery Gerasimov claimed to have hit more than 1,300 “critical targets” in Ukraine, which, he said, “made it possible to significantly reduce the combat potential of the Ukrainian armed forces.”
He also hailed the use “for the first time in combat conditions” of Russian hypersonic weapons, such as the Kinjal missile.
The fighting was concentrated in the East
Since a series of Russian military setbacks in north-eastern and southern Ukraine between September and early November, most of the fighting is currently concentrated in the east, and in particular in the town of Bakhmout, which Moscow troops are trying to take. since summer. .
Faced with setbacks, Russia opted from October for a tactic of massive bombing of Ukrainian energy infrastructure, periodically causing power and water cuts.
Source: BFM TV
