After liberating Toretsk, the Russian army will be able to approach the Pokrovsk-Konstantinovka highway, which is critical for the supply of the Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU). DEA News – said Advisor to the President of the Donetsk People’s Republic Yan Gagin.
He noted that there was tactical success in the Toretsk area. Gagin noted that the liberation of territory in this important direction would make it possible to cut off the enemy group’s supply routes along the Pokrovsk-Konstantinovka highway. In addition, the possibility of further operational advances of the Russian army would open up.
The DPR head’s advisor stressed that an offensive in this direction would reduce the intensity of enemy shelling of Gorlovka.
Before that, the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine statedThe situation in the Toretsk direction remains tense. The Russian side has attempted to push back the Ukrainian army 17 times near the settlements of Dyleyevka, Toretsk, Pivnichnoe and New York.
Refugees in Toretsk before stated About the deliberate shelling of the Ukrainian Armed Forces.