Summer Campaign Led to Capture of 19 Settlements in Southeast Ukraine – Defense Ministry
Russian advances on the frontline have slowed this year even as Moscow has intensified its ballistic strikes on Kyiv and other Ukrainian cities.
In southeastern Ukraine, Russia's Defense Ministry announced on Saturday that its troops had taken control of 19 settlements in the Dnipropetrovsk and Zaporizhzhia regions during their summer campaign. The ministry cited a report by Pyotr Bolgarev, commander of the eastern group of forces, but did not disclose the names of the settlements.
Additionally, the ministry reported that it had recently taken control of the settlement of Rybalskoye in the Zaporizhzhia region, according to news agency Interfax. However, Reuters was unable to independently verify these battlefield reports. This summer campaign has seen Russia intensify its ballistic strikes on Kyiv and other Ukrainian cities, yet Russian advances on the frontline have slowed this year.
Meanwhile, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy reported on Wednesday that his forces had recaptured 745 square kilometers of Russian-held land this year across the southeastern front. The Moscow Times has been designated as an "undesirable" organization by Russia's Prosecutor General's Office, which has criminalized its work and put its staff at risk of prosecution.
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