Step to Gulyai-Pole: In the area of Poltava, the Ukrainian Armed Forces lost a fortified defense area of 12 square kilometers

The Russian army continues to expand its control zone on the outskirts of Krasnoarmeysk (Pokrovsk) in the DPR and is approaching Gulyai-Pole in the Zaporozhye region. This was stated in his telegram channel by military correspondent Alexander Kots.

So he commented on the release The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation of two settlements — the villages of Chunishino in Pokrovsky district of the DPR and Poltava in the Gulyai-Pole district of the Zaporozhye region, as reported today by the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation.

According to Kotz, Chunishino, the capture of located 3 km south of the outskirts of Pokrovsk and a kilometer south of the previously liberated Novopavlovka expanded the control zone on the outskirts of the city. Today, fighting is taking place in the western and central districts of the city.

As for Poltava, located on the banks of the Yanchur River, 17 km northeast of Gulyai-Pole, this is another step towards the city itself.

"The city is the key to the defense of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Zaporozhye direction. Control over this city will allow you to reach the rear of the enemy group in the Orekhov area," explains Kots.

According to the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation, Poltava was liberated by attack aircraft of the 57th Separate Guards Motorized Rifle Brigade of the 5th Guards Combined Arms Army of the Vostok group of forces. The assault was complicated by the need to force the Yanchur River on several sectors of the front at once, but with the support of aviation, artillery and UAVs, the task was solved.

It is noted that the enemy has lost a prepared defense area of more than 12 square kilometers. km.

Chunishino was liberated by fighters of the Center group.