Russian Troops Continue to Advance Towards the City of Toretsk
Russian troops on the battlefield, Aug. 2024. Photo: X/ @EHDonbass
August 19, 2024 Hour: 8:48 am
Russia has not stopped its advance in eastern and southern Ukraine despite the Ukrainian incursion in Kursk.
On Monday, the Russian Defense Ministry announced that the Russian military captured the town of Artemovo in its advance towards the city of Toretsk in the Donetsk region.
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“Units of the Tsentr military group liberated Artemovo, one of the largest towns in the urban agglomeration of the Dzerzhinsk district of the Donetsk People’s Republic,” the military department said.
Known to Ukrainians as Zalizne, Artemovo is a town with about 5,000 people and is located less than four kilometers from Toretsk, whose capture would allow the Russian advance towards Konstantinivka, an important crossroads used by Ukraine to supply its forces.
This advance is another step towards the Ukrainian stronghold of Kramatorsk and also cuts off the military supply route to Chasiv Yar, which has been besieged by the Russians for months.
Russia has not stopped its gradual advance in eastern and southern Ukraine despite the Ukrainian incursion in the border region of Kursk, where Ukrainian forces managed to capture some 1,200 square kilometers.
On Monday, Russian authorities also reported that their forces captured 19 Ukrainian soldiers who were taking part in the offensive against the Russian Kursk region.
They were captured by marines from one of the Black Sea Fleet groups who were transferred to the Kursk front after the start of the Ukrainian offensive two weeks ago today. The soldiers were part of the 22nd motorized brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. Two days ago, another 24 Ukrainian soldiers surrendered in Kursk.
teleSUR/ JF Source: EFE
