Ukraine was briefing: Moscow claims the control of Velyka Novosilka, but the Ukrainians say that the fight continues | Ukraine

Russia claimed on Sunday that his troops had captured Velyka NovosilkaA strategically important city in the Donetsk region, East Ukraine. The explanation could not be verified independently, and The 110th separate mechanized brigade of Ukraine said that his troops had only withdrawn strategically from certain parts of Velyka Novosilka To avoid the radius. “This does not mean that we have completely left the city, the fights in Velyka Novosilka on. All actions aim to minimize our own losses and maximum damage to the enemy. “The Brigade said that the retreat was more difficult for the Russians to make the river an obstacle. “The enemy … will not have any peace, every movement is cut off by mussels and drones.”

Russia also claimed that the troops had taken control of the settlement of Zelene In the Donetsk region. There was no independent confirmation. Zelene is located south of Pokrovsk, where Russia recorded mass victims in a grinding campaign against Ukrainian defenders. In his most recent Russia Ukraine war evaluation, the one In the Institute for Studying the War, it says: “The Russian armed forces recently drove up near Toretsk, Pokrovsk, Kurakhove and Velyka Novosilka.”

The Ukrainian military said that 200 Shahed drones destroyed in an attack on warehouses in the Oryol region of Russia. “Concrete structures were hit, where thermobaric explosive heads that are used to equip drones were saved. There is information about strong secondary detonation. “

Ukraine claimed another successful drone attack on the Ryazan oil raffiner southeast of Moscow on Sunday on Sunday. It was the second attack in the same location in less than two weeks. Kyiv said the refinery was one of the four largest in Russia and is used by the Moscow Air Force. “Explosions and a fire were recorded in the target area,” it said. The Russian regional governor in Ryazan – Pavel Malkov – said that Russian air defense “destroyed” drones about the region and the authorities rate the damage. Russian officials wrongly claim that all attacking drones were destroyed and damage was only caused by falling debris.

A fiber optic cable between Latvia and Sweden was damaged on SundayAccording to Latvia, probably due to the external influence, he called NATO to use patrol ships to the area and to trigger a sabotage examination by Swedish authorities. NATO coordinated military ships and planes as part of its recently used mission as Baltic Sentry. The efforts follow a number of incidents in which power cables, telecommunications connections and gas pipelines were damaged in the course of Russia invasion to Ukraine in February 2022.