The Russian Ministry of Defense, quoted by Reuters, reported on Saturday that the army took control of the Shevchenko settlement in the eastern Donetsk region on Ukraine. As added Russia carried out attacks using planes, drones and missiles on a Ukrainian military airport and energy infrastructure serving the army.
A day earlier, Ukrainian media confirmed the information previously provided by the Russian authorities about the enemy occupied the town of Kurachowe in the same circuit. “The enemy occupied Kurachowe i is moving forward towards Andriivka, Solone and Novosilka,” the DeepState project reported, adding a map of the progress of Russian troops.
War in Ukraine. The Russians are attacking in Donbas
According to the authorities in Moscow the capture of this town will significantly make it more difficult for Ukrainian troops to obtain logistic and technical support on the front.
Kurachowe is located south of Pokrovsk, a key logistics hub of the Ukrainian army. In addition to its military importance, the city is also important because of the dam of the water reservoir located there thermal power plant.
Before Russia's full-scale invasion, which began in February 2022, approximately 18,000 people lived in the city of Kurakhov. people.
Ukraine-Russia. Nearly two-thirds of the drones shot down over Ukraine
The Ukrainian army reported on Saturday morning that last night Russian troops carried out attacks on various targets using 74 drones. Reuters, which quoted a statement on this subject, reported that it had been shot down nearly two thirds of them.
Of the total number of drones launched by Russia over Ukrainian territory, Ukrainian troops managed to shoot them down 47 unmanned aerial vehicles – informed the command of Kievwhich emphasized that the rest 27 devices disappeared from radars.
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