Russian forces reach western border of Donetsk People's Republic

Moscow - Saba:
The Russian Ministry of Defense announced on Wednesday that Russian forces are continuing to advance and improving their tactical position on several fronts in the area of the special military operation.
The Russian Ministry of Defense said in a statement: "Units of the Russian "Center" Group of Forces continued their advance deep into the enemy's defenses.
Units of the 55th Mechanized Brigade reached the western border of the Donetsk People's Republic and, together with assault units of the 90th Tank Division, continued their offensive operations in the Dnipropetrovsk Oblast."
It added: "Units of the Russian "West" Group of Forces were able to seize more advanced lines and positions, inflicting human and material losses on the Ukrainian Armed Forces in several areas of the Donetsk People's Republic and in the Kharkiv Oblast.
The Ukrainian Armed Forces lost more than 220 servicemen, armored combat vehicles, and several field guns. An Octava-S electronic warfare station and three ammunition depots were destroyed."
The statement added: "Russian operational-tactical aviation, attack drones, missile forces, and artillery inflicted damage on the infrastructure of military airfields, production plants, drone storage depots, and a Ukrainian Armed Forces fuel station, as well as enemy manpower and equipment concentrations in 147 locations."
According to the statement, "Russian air defense systems shot down five JDAM guided aerial bombs, one HIMARS missile, and 120 Ukrainian drones."
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