OUR Ukraine denied today that Russian troops are advancing, according to Moscow, near the city Bugledara new “hot spot” of the front, where fighting has escalated in recent days.

“Our units continue the offensive (…). They reached the eastern part of it Bugledar and their work continues on the outskirts,” the head of the Russian occupation forces in his area said this morning. Donetsk, Dennis PussinThis is reported by Russian news agencies.

The representative of the Ukrainian army, Yevgeny Yerin, who is in charge of this zone, assured, however, that Russian attacks in this zone were not successful. Ukrainian forces repelled the Russian attack with their artillery, he explained to AFP. “The enemy missed the target and retreated. We have not given up our positions,” he said. Yerin.

OUR Pussin According to him, the Ukrainians retreated to the area, where “many industrial enterprises and high-rise buildings”, which facilitates their defensive operations. “We therefore assume that the enemy will fight back.”

The Russian Defense Ministry, for its part, vaguely stated that Russian forces had been redeployed to “more advantageous positions” on the outskirts of the city of Bugledarinflicting casualties on Ukrainian forces.

OUR Bugledarmining town of 15,000 before the Russian invasion, located 150 km south of Bahamutanother “hot front” in eastern Ukraine, which Russian troops have been trying to occupy for six months at the cost of heavy losses.

^{Source: APE-MEB, AFP.}