Ukrainian troops have been gaining ground in eastern Donetsk region where heavy fighting is underway, a senior official revealed on March 26.
According to Ukraine's Air Assault Forces Command, the defence forces liberated nine settlements amounting to 440 square kilometers, and killed 2,653 Russian troops during an operation that lasted roughly two months. The operation was carried out in Oleksandrivka where Dnipropetrovsk, Zaporizhzhia and Donetsk regions converge. Three more settlements have been cleared of Russian army units, though their location has not been revealed.
Russia’s losses in Oleksandrivka direction in the past 2 months also include 1,023 wounded and 11 captured servicemen. The fresh news of Ukraine’s battlefield gains come amid reports that Kyiv is strengthening its positions. Ukraine earlier claimed it liberated more territories in February than lost for first time in nine years, undermining Russia’s March offensive. Russian forces have been seeking to advance toward the city of Kostiantynivka and the village of Oleksiievo-Druzhkivka in Donetsk in an effort to disrupt Ukraine's defensive belt in the area. Earlier on Tuesday, Ukraine's Commander-in-Chief Oleksandr Syrskyi said Russian troops intensified operations across multiple fronts in Ukraine, carrying out 619 assaults involving thousands of troops within four days. Syrskyi said 6,090 Russian troops were killed or wounded, with a total of 8,710 infantry losses over the past week, Syrskyi added. Most Russian assaults took place in eastern Ukraine, particularly in the Pokrovsk sector in Donetsk Oblast and the Oleksandrivka sector at the intersection of Donetsk, Zaporizhzhia and Dnipropetrovsk oblasts.
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