Russia’s defense ministry said on Sunday that the armed forces will continue their “successful offensive actions” in Donbass and the Zaporizhya region, in eastern and southeastern Ukraine, where they would inflict about 300 fatalities.
“On the front of Donetsk, units of the Southern Military District and volunteers from assault units will continue their successful offensive actions,” defense spokesman Lieutenant General Ígor Konashénkov said in his usual daily report.
According to this source, Russian troops attacked the positions of Ukrainian forces near the cities of Razdolivka, Blahodatne, Krasnopolivka and Sieverne, the first three located between 10 and 20 kilometers north of the city of Bakhmut, whose capture is the main goal of Russian troops.
Although Ukrainian authorities have downplayed Bakhmut’s strategic importance – despite its road links to Kramatorsk and Sloviansk, at key locations in the Donestsk region – Kiev’s troops are defending their position.
Lieutenant General Ígor Konashénkov added that military artillery hit Ukrainian positions in the neighboring regions of Lugansk and Kharkiv, killing more than 130.
“During the offensive actions on the Zaporizhya front, the units of the Eastern Military District will take up more favorable positions,” the spokesman said, referring to the situation in that Russian-annexed region of southern Ukraine, along with the Jerson regions. , Lugansk and Donetsk in September 2022.
According to data released by Konashénkov, Ukrainian forces in that area had at least 80 fatalities.
Source: DN
