MOSCOW, August 27. /TASS/. Chief of Russia’s General Staff Army General Valery Gerasimov has inspected the progress of combat missions by the Battlegroup South, received a commander’s report and commended progress in liberation of the Donetsk People’s Republic (DPR), the Russian Defense Ministry revealed.
Kiev’s main strategic objective is to maintain control over the remaining part of Donbass, and the Ukrainian army has created a defense in depth, Gerasimov said. Despite this, he continued, Russian forces have broken through the first defensive line of the enemy’s stronghold in Slavyansk and Kramatorsk.
TASS has compiled key takeaways from his statements.
Russia’s successes
Russian forces are advancing in all directions of the special military operation, with the pace of the offensive showing no signs of slowing: "Battlegroups continue to carry out their tasks as part of the special military operation. The offensive is proceeding at an undiminished pace in all directions."
