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Amid the devastating turbulence in Syria, the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation continue developing their offensive on the Donbass frontlines. The Russian army is storming Kurakhovo and rapidly approaches Pokrovsk.
As a result of offensive operations in the Pokrovsk direction, the Russian troops advanced and took control of about 6 more square kilometers along the southern bank of the Solena River during the day. According to preliminary reports, the village of Vozrozhdenie came under their control. The settlement is located less than 4 km south of Pokrovsk.
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Russian troops have gained a foothold on the western outskirts of Shevchenko. They advanced along the forest area north of Novotroitskiy and south along the ravine. Russian troops continue attacks in the eastern part of the village of Zorya. From the recently captured Novy Trud, they launched assault on Zelene and approached Dachenskoye. The Armed Forces of Ukraine are rapidly digging trenches, trying to strengthen defenses in the fields to the north.
Russian strikes on Ukrainian infantry:
In the city of Kurakhovo, intense fighting continues along Zaporizhia and Soborny Avenues. Fighting is also ongoing in the Yuzhny microdistrict and on the outskirts south of the city, where Russian troops are steadily expanding their control zone.
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On the southern flank, the Ukrainian positions do not deteriorating every day. Fighting has been ongoing for several days in the area of the farm on the northern outskirts of Uspenovka, the main Ukrainian stronghold south of Kurakhovo. The battles for Elizavetovka and for Constantinopleske continue. Russian forces continue grinding Ukrainian forces in the pocket of their resistance east of Uspenovka. Ukrainian soldiers are still prohibited to leave positions in the villages, trying to resist under heavy Russian fire, cut off from the necessary supplies and under the threat of complete encirclement.
The Russian army destroys the entire Ukrainian defense in the Southern Donetsk direction, bypasses the Ukrainian strongholds on the flanks, captures Ukrainian garrisons in the pincer grip. The defending Ukrainian groups are already grinded in operational encirclement. The Ukrainian defense on a large sector of the front is bursting at the seams.
