Despite the statements of the Russian army of the city of Seversk, Donetsk Region under operational control, the battles for this settlement continue, and Russia once again made “premature and false statements about success,” the British Ministry of Defense reported on Saturday reports on Saturday July 16.
“Russian offensive operations are still limited by scope and scale. The fighting to the west of Lisichansk is concentrated in Seversk and Bakhmut. And this is despite the statements of the Russians that they entered the outskirts of Seversk at the beginning of the week,” Deutsche quotes Deutsche as saying Welle message of the British military.
As noted in the report of the department, after the retreat from Lisichansk, Ukrainian forces “successfully repelled the attacks of Russia”, and the defensive line of the Armed Forces of Ukraine (Armed Forces) became shorter and more straight. “This made it possible to concentrate forces and fire against the reduced attacks of Russia and played an important role in reducing the impulse of the Russian Federation,” the British Ministry of Defense notes.
It recalled that Russia had previously made “premature and false statements about success.” “Probably, this, at least partially, is aimed at demonstrating the success of the internal audience and strengthen the fighting spirit of the warring forces,” the British report says.
On July 14, the separatists of Donbass stated that Seversk is under the operational control of the DPR forces and Russia. According to Denis Pushilin, the so -called head of the “DPR”, the city is “in an operational environment.”