“Our fighters are very well entrenched in strongholds that previously belonged to the Armed Forces of Ukraine. The enemy keeps sending in more and more new reserves and is resisting fiercely, but they are suffering heavy casualties,” the official said.
According to Ganchev, the Russian army took positions considered strategic in achieving a greater range of effectiveness for the Russian forces on the ground.
The Russian Defense Minister, Sergei Shoigu, highlighted on Tuesday that elements of the Russian military are expanding the control zone near Sinkovka and Petropavlovka, in the Kupiansk district, Kharkov region.
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