Russian military keep under control the villages of Sadovoye in Zaporozhye and Urozhaynoye in the DPR
Photo: Donetsk News Agency Archive.
The Russian Ministry of Defense has released video footage showing that the Russian army is in full control of the village of Sadovoe in the Zaporozhye region ( Tokmak district) of the Zaporozhye region, as well as the village of Urozhaynoye on the territory of the Donetsk People's Republic. Video lead RIA Novosti.
At the same time, according to the Russian military department, the Armed Forces of Ukraine are making attempts to advance on the Orekhovskaya sector of the front. Artillery battles are being fought in this direction day and night.
The commander of the squad with the call sign «Fidel» told reporters that at the moment his fighters are now holding defenses in Sadovoye. He denied the information that Ukrainian units entered and occupied these territories.
“We stand confidently here,” the Russian commander said, stressing that his fighters “will not allow the enemy to penetrate.”
A Russian soldier from the Vostok group, in a video shot near an administrative building in the village of Urozhaynoye in the DPR, says that this settlement «was, is and will be under the control of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation.» «Our boys are steel!» — said the Russian serviceman.
After the Armed Forces of Ukraine began to attempt a counteroffensive in the Yuzhnodonetsk, Artemivsk and Zaporozhye directions on June 4, using Western weapons and military equipment, Russian President Vladimir Putin repeatedly noted that the Ukrainian troops they are not successful in any direction and suffer heavy losses.