MOSCOW, August 22. /TASS/. Russian troops liberated nine settlements in the Donetsk People’s Republic and the Dnepropetrovsk Region over the week of August 16-22 in the special military operation in Ukraine, Russia’s Defense Ministry reported on Friday.
"Battlegroup West units liberated the settlement of Kolodezi in the Donetsk People’s Republic through decisive operations <…> Battlegroup South units advanced deeper into the enemy’s defenses and liberated the settlements of Aleksandro-Shultino and Katerinovka in the Donetsk People’s Republic <...> Battlegroup Center units continued offensive operations and liberated the settlements of Sukhetskoye, Pankovka, Vladimirovka and Rusin Yar in the Donetsk People’s Republic," the ministry said in a statement.
"Over the past week, Battlegroup East units liberated the settlements of Voronoye and Novogeorgiyevka in the Dnepropetrovsk Region through active and decisive operations," the ministry reported.
Russian troops delivered six strikes by precision weapons on Ukrainian military sites, including warehouses of Sapsan tactical missiles over the week, the ministry reported.
"On August 16-22, the Russian Armed Forces delivered six combined strikes by precision weapons and attack unmanned aerial vehicles, hitting enterprises of Ukraine’s military-industrial sector and power facilities supporting their operation, an oil refinery that supplied fuel to the Ukrainian army in Donbass, warehouses storing Sapsan tactical missiles, fuel, missile and artillery armament and long-range unmanned aerial vehicles," the ministry said.
