Russia and Ukraine flashpoint

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The General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine released a statement addressing the current situation on the Donetsk front:

- The Ukrainian Defense Forces are taking effective measures to stop the enemy's advance in the Dobropilla and Pokrovsk directions;

- Our units are involved in heavy defensive battles against superior enemy forces. In the Pokrovsk direction alone, the invaders have concentrated forces numbering over 110,000 personnel;

- In order to penetrate the depths of our defense, the Russian invaders are acting boldly. Despite the losses, they are trying to infiltrate our defenses with sabotage and small infantry groups;

- In particular, several small enemy groups, bypassing the positions of the Ukrainian defenders, attempted to advance towards the settlement of Zolotyi Kolodiaz. In addition, using the peculiarities of the local landscape, the saboteurs secretly penetrated the settlements of Vesele, Vilne, Rubizhne, Kucheriv Yar. Some of the groups have already been destroyed, the rest are in the process of being destroyed;

- The situation is difficult and dynamic, but the Defense Forces are taking all necessary measures to detect and destroy enemy groups. In particular, by the decision of the Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, additional forces and means have been allocated to strengthen the stability of the defense. Measures have been planned to block enemy groups in a certain area;

- Reserve units have already detected the enemy and are having their first successes: the occupiers are being destroyed and taken prisoner;

- The defenders of Ukraine are focused on fulfilling their tasks, holding the lines and need the support of the entire society to repel new attempts at enemy attacks.

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