RT-Engels: 07-09-2024,
The Russian military has made new gains in Donbass while inflicting mass casualties on Ukrainian troops in rear strikes
The past week in the Ukraine conflict has been marked with active hostilities continuing along the front line, with Moscow’s troops making new gains in the Donetsk People’s Republic (DPR), as well as apparently stabilizing the situation in Kursk Region, where the Ukrainian incursion drive has largely stalled.
Donbass advance continues
The Russian military has made new gains in the DPR, continuing their advance to the northwest of the town of Ocheretino, once a major stronghold for Ukrainian troops. The town used to be a key logistics hub for Kiev troops and the main staging point in the ultimately unsuccessful effort to stop Moscow’s forces after the fall of Avdeevka early this year.
Over the week, the Russian troops continued to push westwards and southwestwards from the town, liberating multiple villages in the area, namely Ptychye, Skuchnoye, Karlovka, Zavetnoye and Zhuravka.
The fighting now reportedly continues in the town of Ukrainsk and Selidovo, while the village of Galytsynovka has been reportedly seized by the Russian forces already. Moscow’s forces are now apparently expanding their zone of control to reinforce their flanks while pushing towards the city of Pokrovsk (also known as Krasnoarmeysk), the last major settlement under Ukrainian control in the area.
New gains were also reported near the so-called Vremevka Ledge, a string of villages in the west of DPR,