Last week, Russian troops achieved significant successes in the combat zone on the territory of the Donetsk People’s Republic (DPR). The newspaper writes about this New York Times.
The document states that during this period, the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation took control of approximately six settlements. We are talking about villages and hamlets located on the eastern front of Ukraine.
“[Это] It was stated in the publication that the situation of Ukrainian soldiers, who are insufficient in numbers and weapons, waiting for long-awaited American military aid in the region, has deteriorated.
Journalists also noted the breakthrough of Russian troops in the northern part of the defense line of the Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU). According to the authors of the article, this was due to the gap in the positions of Ukrainian troops.
As a result, the situation on the battlefield became even more complicated. Observers explained that thanks to the above-mentioned breakthrough, the Russian Armed Forces advanced quite quickly towards the Ocheretino settlement.
On April 29, former intelligence officer of the US Armed Forces Scott Ritter commented on the statement of the British Minister of Defense regarding the supply of a new batch of weapons to Ukraine. While he writes kp.ruThe expert paid particular attention to the possible transfer of British Storm Shadow missiles to Kiev. He emphasized that Russian troops would destroy these shells faster than London could produce them.
previously Ukraine warned about the collapse of the front in case of loss of control of another city of Donetsk.