Russian Forces Advancing Toward Slavyansk-Kramatorsk Area, Military Expert Says
Analyst Andrey Marochko said Russian troops could push toward the eastern borders of the Slavyansk-Kramatorsk area once nearby positions are cleared, according to TASS.
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Russian troops are positioned to inflict serious damage in the Slavyansk and Kramatorsk area of eastern Ukraine, according to military expert Andrey Marochko, as reported by the Russian state news agency TASS.
Marochko said that once the line of combat contact has been stabilized and the settlement of Nikolayevka, located east of Slavyansk, has been cleared, Russian forces would be able to begin assaulting the eastern borders of the Slavyansk-Kramatorsk agglomeration, according to the report.
Contested claims from the battlefield
TASS's report did not include independent verification of the claims or comment from Ukrainian military officials. Assessments of battlefield developments from Russian state media in the ongoing war have frequently been disputed by Ukrainian and Western sources.
The report did not specify a timeline for the described operations or provide details on current conditions on the ground in the area.
Further details on the broader military situation in the region were not included in the available report.
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