Russian forces took the Ukrainian town of Shevchenko, located just over two kilometers south of the Ukrainian stronghold of Pokrovskone of the main objectives of the Russian offensive in the Donetsk region, the Russian Ministry of Defense reported this Monday in its daily war report.
“Thanks to the determined actions of the units of the military group Centro was liberated the town of Shevchenko of the Donetsk People’s Republic,” the Russian command said on Telegram.
This town, which once had a population of more than 3,000 people before the war and is now practically uninhabited, is another step in the framework of Russian efforts to control Pokrovsk.
Last week Defense reported on the capture of the town of Dachenskeabout four kilometers south of Pokrovsk.
The Russian forces, which continue their advance on the eastern front, have no intention of carrying out a frontal assault on Prokrovsk, but instead intend surround and surround this cityas recently recognized by the Ukrainian command.
Ukrainian military spokesman Viktor Tregubov He specified that “there are no urban combats in the citythe Russians have not reached the outskirts of the city, but they are trying to encircle it through neighboring settlements, neighboring villages, infiltrating with various groups, accumulating, and continue attacking to surround the city.”
The eventual capture of Pokrovsk by the Russian Army would not only mean a hard setback for kyiv and the supply routes for its forces in the Donbas, but would also open the way for the Russian advance towards Sloviansk and Kramatorsk, Ukraine’s main strongholds in Donetsk.
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