Zelenskyy announced that the Ukrainian Armed Forces had strengthened their positions in the Donetsk region
Ukraine will strengthen its positions in the Donetsk region thanks to two reinforced military formations, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy announced.
The head of state, together with the Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and the Minister of Defense, also outlined further steps to strengthen defenses in this area.
He said that today, together with Commander-in-Chief Mykhailo Drapaty, the General Staff, and Defense Minister Yevhen Khmara, they determined the sequence of Ukraine’s next steps.
“Our positions in the Donetsk region will be strengthened thanks to two reinforced units. The commanders will be Hero of Ukraine Denys Prokopenko and Hero of Ukraine Andriy Biletsky,” the head of state noted.
This was reported with reference to a statement by President Volodymyr Zelenskyy.
The Russians launched 29 assaults on the Pokrovsk sector over the past 24 hours.
On August 23, Russian terrorist forces attacked Ukraine’s railway infrastructure five times. One person was killed and four others were wounded as a result of the strikes.
On August 23, Russian forces attacked the locomotive of passenger train No. 147, running between Zhytomyr and Odesa, with a rocket-powered drone. The train was stopped and passengers evacuated in time before the strike, so neither passengers nor railroad workers were harmed.
