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Ukrainian forces have withdrawn from one front-line sector in Donetsk Oblast to protect troops and enhance defensive operations, Lieutenant Normal Serhii Naiev, the commander of a tactical group within the area, reported on March 18.
"This allowed us not solely to save lots of our troopers but in addition to enhance our protection. (Russia) is struggling losses, and we are able to act extra successfully," Naiev wrote on Fb. It stays unclear which part of the entrance line the commander was referring to.
Naiev, the previous commander of Ukraine's Joint Forces, famous that his management of the tactical group in Donetsk Oblast has now entered its second month.
The overall emphasised that over the previous month, coordinated efforts by scouts, drone operators, artillery, mortar items, tanks, and infantry have destroyed greater than 30 Russian armored automobiles and brought out 2,000 Russian troopers.
“This has considerably lowered the variety of Russian assaults in our path,” he mentioned.
In line with Interfax Ukraine's undisclosed supply, Naiev has been appointed to command the Velyka Novosilka tactical group. The occupied village of Velyka Novosilka lies some 20 kilometers (12 miles) east of the executive border between the Zaporizhzhia and Donetsk oblasts.
The Ukrainian navy reported that Russia has stepped up assaults within the southern Zaporizhzhia Oblast over the previous few weeks however denied Russian claims of capturing the village of Stepove.
All through the autumn of 2024, Russian forces made operational good points in DonetskOblast, together with areas close to Toretsk and Chasiv Yar. Combating stays intense within the jap area, and Russian troops proceed to advance, albeit slowly, this yr.
The Kyiv IndependentMartin Fornusek