MOSCOW, June 19. /TASS/. Russian troops liberated five communities in the Donetsk People’s Republic over the week of June 13-19, including Yurkovka over the past 24 hours in the special military operation in Ukraine, Russia’s Defense Ministry reported on Friday.
"Over the past week, Battlegroup South units advanced deep into the enemy’s defenses and liberated the settlements of Artyoma and Rai-Aleksandrovka in the Donetsk People’s Republic. Over the past 24 hours, they liberated the settlement of Yurkovka in the Donetsk People’s Republic. <…> During the past week, Battlegroup Center units liberated the settlements of Novy Donbass and Kutuzovka in the Donetsk People’s Republic," the ministry said in a statement.
Russian troops deliver seven precision strikes on Ukrainian military sites over week
Russian troops delivered one massive and six combined strikes by precision weapons and unmanned aerial vehicles on Ukrainian military-industrial enterprises, energy and transport facilities and military airfields over the week, the ministry reported.
"On June 13-19, in retaliation to Ukraine’s terrorist attacks on civilian facilities on Russian territory, the Russian Armed Forces delivered one massive and six combined strikes by precision weapons and attack unmanned aerial vehicles, hitting facilities of Ukraine’s military-industrial sector, fuel and energy, transport and port infrastructure used to support the Ukrainian army’s operations, military airfields, ammunition and fuel depots, territorial recruitment centers, sites for the assembly, storage, preparation and launch of long-range unmanned aerial vehicles, and also temporary deployment areas of Ukrainian armed formations and foreign mercenaries," the ministry said.
