The two areas, located in the Donetsk region, are in a “strategic” sector in Ukraine. The Governor of Donetsk ordered evacuations there.
Russia claimed on Wednesday taking two localities in eastern Ukraine, in a strategic sector where Moscow has made in recent days of rapid advances that augur a possible breakthrough.
In a statement, the Russian Defense Ministry said that its units had conquered the localities of Nykanorivka and Souvorové, located in the southwest of the Garnison of Dobropillia, in the Donetsk region. These two villages are a few kilometers south of a large and rapid advance of the Russian troops reported Tuesday by the army of kyiv and the Ukrainian military observers.
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A map of the front, published by the Deepstate military analysis site, close to the Ukrainian army, shows a narrow corridor still under Russian control in this area, which threatens Dobropillia, which is in the northwest of Pokrovsk, a mining city of combat for months. Tuesday, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky confirmed that “groups” Russian soldiers had progressed in this sector over a depth of approximately 10 kilometers, but minimized their strength, ensuring that they were infantrymen without heavy equipment that would be “shortly” destroyed.
Evacuation of a dozen localities
The governor of the Donetsk region, Vadym Filachkin, nevertheless announced the“‘Compulsory evacuation of families with children” In a dozen localities, including the small town of Bilozerské. According to him, some 1150 children are still in the area concerned.
The forces of kyiv, fewer and less well equipped than that of the Kremlin, have been on the defensive for months, in particular in the Donetsk region, the priority of Moscow which claims its annexation. These advances raise the possibility of a breakthrough favorable to the Kremlin before the highly anticipated summit between Vladimir Putin and his American counterpart, in Alaska, to discuss a possible settlement of the conflict. One of the solutions mentioned by Washington, without further details, would be an exchange of territories between the two countries. A proposal swept by kyiv and its European allies.
