Ukraine says eastern front stabilised after recent Russian thrust
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Anti-drone nets installed over a road near the front-line town of Dobropillia, in Ukraine's Donetsk region, on Aug 10.
PHOTO: REUTERS
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- Donetsk's Governor Filashkin states Ukrainian troops stabilised the Dobropillia sector after a Russian push.
- Kyiv sent reinforcements, including Azov Corps, who spokesperson Kovalyov says inflicted heavy casualties on the enemy.
- Analyst Muzyka notes "minimal gains" by Russia but reports further advances south near Pokrovsk despite Ukrainian resistance.
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KYIV - Ukrainian troops have stabilised the battlefield in an area of eastern Ukraine where Russian forces had made a sudden push this week to pierce Ukrainian defences, the regional governor said on Aug 14.
Ukraine said small groups of Russian infantry had thrust some 10 kilometres
The advance, just days before US President Donald Trump and Russian leader Vladimir Putin were due to meet in Alaska,
“The situation in the Dobropillia sector has stabilised,” Mr Vadym Filashkin, governor of the embattled Donetsk region, wrote the Telegram messaging app.
“Thanks to the heroic efforts of our Defence Forces, the front line is reliably holding.”
Kyiv’s military, which has played down the scale of the Russian thrust, had dispatched extra forces to the area, including units of the battle-hardened Azov Corps.
General Staff spokesperson Andriy Kovalyov, in comments to the Interfax Ukraine news agency, echoed Mr Filashkin’s statement and credited Azov forces with inflicting heavy enemy casualties.
The Russian thrust had also fuelled criticism of Ukraine’s military high command.
Defence analyst Konrad Muzyka wrote on X that Russian forces had made “minimal gains” in the area on Aug 13 but had inched forward further south, near the strategic city of Pokrovsk. REUTERS
