Russia is advancing with fierce attacks
Russia is advancing in eastern Ukraine through a barrage of drone strikes and an infantry offensive. In one week, he annexed 57 square km of Ukrainian land. Civilians are being evacuated.
Russian troops intensified their attacks in the Donetsk region, especially in the area of the strategically important city of Pokrovsk. In one week, they managed to conquer about 57 sq km of territory, which is one of the biggest territorial gains since the spring.
Russian forces are using airstrikes first and then infantry tactics.
"This is a big threat... because the Pokrovsky and Toretsky fronts are receiving most of the daily airstrikes on the Ukrainian defensive positions," Ruslan Muzychuk, a spokesman for the Ukrainian National Guard, told Reuters.
Valery Romanenko , an aviation expert from Kiev, said that the Russians rely on their tactics of guided bombs and "meat attacks"
"The Russians are not breaking through our defenses, they are pushing them back. "Every day they advance 100, 150, 200 meters using this tactic: dropping guided bombs, then a 'meat attack', when the attack is repelled, drop more guided bombs, then another 'meat attack,'" he explained.
The attacks led to a sharp increase in the number of civilians fleeing the battlefield. According to volunteer Roman Bugaev, the number of evacuation requests has increased about tenfold in the past two weeks.
Antonina Kalashnikova, an evacuee from Novogrodovka, described her experience: “They started shelling heavily and it was very scary. We couldn't sleep all night and decided to leave."
The Russian Ministry of Defense reported that five settlements in the Donetsk region were captured last week. According to experts, Ukrainian troops are under serious pressure in several sectors of the front.
