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On July 11, the joint forces of Russia and L/DPR People’s Republics took control of the towns of Vladimirovka and Tripolie in the Bakhmut area. Reports from the front lines were confirmed by the representative of the People’s Militia of the LPR.
The LPR press service showed the newly taken positions left by the Armed Forces of Ukraine on the border of the Donetsk and Lugansk People’s Republics.
“The front line has advanced far ahead, the units of the LPR People’s Militia are moving forward helping to liberate the territories of the DPR,” claimed the official representative of the LPR PM Ivan Filiponenko.
Tripolie and Vladimirovka were liberated by the allied forces together with the units of the 2nd Army Corps and the 6th separate Cossack regiment of the LPR. The 2nd Army Corps was relocated to the DPR after the end of the operations on the territory of the LPR.
LPR servicemen deployed in the region described the ongoing battles:
“The situation is stably tense. We are engaged in the liberation of the neighboring fraternal republic of the DPR. The enemy, as always, occupies positions in residential buildings, is hiding behind civilians, which can be seen from the surrounding environment. This creates certain difficulties for us. We are slowly but surely moving towards our goal, liberating not only our own, but also the neighboring republic.”
The advance may allow Russian-led forces cut off the road between the towns of Soledar and Bakhmut which remain important strongholds of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the north of the Donetsk People’s Republic.
