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In its daily briefing on March 12, the Russian Ministry of Defense officially claimed the full Russian control of the village of Nevelskoe in the Donetsk People’s Republic. The settlement is located on the western outskirts of the Donetsk urban agglomeration.
The official confirmation of the Russian control of Nevelskoe came after the preliminary reports by military sources which are close to the situation on the frontlines.
The Donetsk direction remains one of the main directions of the Russian offensive. After the Russian victory in Avdeevka, the battlefields to the west of the city have been inflamed by the heaviest battles. At the same time, Russian forces did not stop offensive operations west, north and south of Mariinka, which already brought important gains.
Russian sources shared a video of destroyed Ukrainian vehicles in the area:
The Russian army recently entered the town of Kranogorovka, which turned into another stronghold og the Armed Forces of Ukraine on the western outskirts of Donetsk. The Russian military is currently advancing from the southern part of the town, while battles are also ongoing on its eastern outskirts. The control of the strongholds in Nevelskoe allows Russian forces to intensify pressure on the entire line of Ukrainian defense in the Donetsk direction and threaten Krasnogorovka from the north.
The ongoing Russian victories confirm the lack of Ukrainian reserves, necessary to hold control of military positions along the large frontlines and plug the holes in the defense. The Ukrainian army is now dealing with the results of the failed counteroffensive, which resulted in horrific losses and no gains. The Russian military is taking advantage, looking for weaknesses in Ukrainian defense and as a result, advancing in different areas.
