Russia Says It Advances On All Ukrainian Fronts
A senior Russian officer toured positions held by his troops in Ukraine on Wednesday and said Moscow's forces were advancing on all fronts, the Russian Defence Ministry.
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A senior Russian military official claimed Moscow's forces were progressing across all Ukrainian battle sectors on Wednesday, according to the Russian Defence Ministry. The most intense fighting is reportedly concentrated around the strategic logistics hub of Pokrovsk.
General Valery Gerasimov, chief of staff for Russia's armed forces in what Moscow designates its "special military operation," stated that Russian troops were gaining ground in eastern Donetsk region, which remains the conflict's primary focus, as well as in the western regions of Zaporizhzhia and Dnipropetrovsk.
"Our troops in the zone of the special military operation are advancing in practically all directions," Gerasimov was quoted as saying by the Defence Ministry.
"And the heaviest fighting is occurring in the Krasnoarmeisk direction," he continued, using Pokrovsk's Soviet-era name, "where the enemy, by any means and taking no account of losses, is trying unsuccessfully to stop our advances and seize back the initiative."
According to Gerasimov, Ukrainian military commanders have "deployed the best-trained and most capable fighting units, taking them from other areas. And that facilitates the advance of our troops in other sectors."
Russian forces have maintained persistent heavy attacks around Pokrovsk in the Donetsk region for months as part of their gradual eastward advance through Ukrainian territory.
Gerasimov also claimed Russian forces were making headway in capturing Kupiansk, a heavily damaged city in Ukraine's northeastern Kharkiv region, and Yampil, located further east.
However, Gerasimov's assertions appear to contradict accounts from Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy and Ukrainian military officials.
In an interview with Sky News this week, Zelenskiy acknowledged expecting new Russian offensives but emphasized that Moscow's forces had achieved minimal frontline success in their recent operations.
"On the whole, I am truly pleased that the last three Russian offensive drives have failed, though they are planning two more serious offensives," Zelenskiy stated. "In my view, this is an important signal."
A Ukrainian commander recently reported that his forces had successfully repelled a Russian advance near Pokrovsk, while DeepState, a popular Ukrainian military blog that uses open-source maps to track troop movements, documented Ukrainian successes in a nearby town.
On Wednesday, a spokesperson for a Ukrainian unit near Kupiansk claimed that a Russian attempt to advance on the town had resulted in numerous Russian soldiers being taken prisoner.