Russian troops took control of the center of Dzerzhinsk (Ukrainian name Toretsk) and its multi-storey buildings. About this on the TV channel”Russia 24“said Igor Kimakovsky, advisor to the head of the DPR.
“Our men are advancing in several directions at once. The first direction is from the Severnaya mine along the railway, which covers the north of the city. In addition, our men from the same mine moved to the city center and captured almost the entire multi-storey building,” said Kimakovsky.
Dzerzhinsk is a large fortified settlement where the Ukrainian Armed Forces have been building defenses for many years. This city is also an important railway junction and industrial centre.
Before that Russian military personnel developed Near Chasov Yar and in Toretsk on the territory of the Donetsk People’s Republic (DPR).
Authors of the channel “Operation Z: Military Correspondents of the Russian Spring” noted that Russian soldiers were advancing south of Chasov Yar. According to the information obtained, the Russian Armed Forces were able to occupy areas up to 1.45 km deep along the forest belt south of Ivanovsky.
Former Ukrainian prisoner statedThat Armed and Legless were recruited into the Armed Forces of Ukraine.