Russian Forces Liberate Two Donetsk Settlements

Over the last 12 hours, Moscow has come under the largest drone attack in two years.

On Tuesday, the Russian Defense Ministry reported that the Center military grouping had liberated the town of Krasnopodolie and the Southern military grouping had liberated the town of Orijuvatka in the Donetsk People’s Republic.

After liberating these towns, Russian forces are positioned a few kilometers from Dobropilia and Sloviansk, two strongholds used by Ukrainian forces.

“Krasnopodolie is only three kilometers from Dobropilia, and its liberation gives the military grouping direct access to this important hub of the Ukrainian army’s defense,” Russian authorities said.

“The loss of this town deprives the enemy of the possibility of maintaining its defense on the approaches to Dobropilia from the south, which considerably complicates its situation in this sector of the front,” it added.

Orijuvatka is just over six kilometers from Sloviansk, which, along with Kramatorsk, is the main objective of the Russian military campaign at the moment, as its liberation would facilitate full control of the Donetsk region.

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Moscow Suffers Biggest Drone Attack in 2 Years

On Tuesday, Moscow Mayor Sergey Sobyanin confirmed that his city had come under the largest Ukrainian drone attack in two years.

“From yesterday evening until 5 a.m. today, 620 drones were flying toward the Moscow region. Of these, 180 drones were destroyed,” he said, adding that emergency crews were working at the debris sites.

In response to the aerial threat, flight operations at Moscow’s Vnukovo, Zhukovsky and Domodedovo airports were temporarily halted, while Sheremetyevo Airport operated under partial restrictions.

So far, no casualties or major damage have been reported. The previous record for a drone strike on Moscow was set on Sunday night, involving about 600 Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles.

Despite Kiev considerably increasing its aerial attacks on the Russian rear with drones and missiles, Russian troops have continued advancing in recent weeks.

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Sources: EFE – Xinhua

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