According to the Hungarian financial news outlet Portfolio, two settlements located near the Ukrainian city of Kurakhove, Zolotya Niva and Zorjane Perse – one is located just north of Kurakhove and the other just south – just fell to Russia, though Kiev is reluctant to acknowledge it
Ukraine's chief of staff hinted that the two settlements were lost when he admitted that the area around Kurakhove "was the site of the heaviest clashes on the eastern front." This is a politically correct way of saying that Ukraine is losing the war in the areas that matter.
Russia has been so successful in capturing more villages and settlements on Ukraine's eastern front that Ukrainian forces have been forced to retreat, in some cases. For example, Kiev just lost Ugledar (Vuhledar) to Russia despite having previously defended the "fortress," as Ukraine had been calling it, for two full years.
Another area that recently fell under Russian control is Toreck, which a Ukrainian army spokesman confirmed. Igor Kimakovsky, an adviser to the Russian administration of the Donetsk region, told Russian media that Russian troops "have penetrated the city center from different directions and now control all high-rise residential buildings."
Ukrainian military bloggers are admitting much the same about Russia's continued advances. NATO and the West would have everyone believe that Vladimir Putin is losing, but the truth seems to be that Zelensky is the one who is swirling the drain.
Portfolio reported that Ukrainian bloggers "admitted that the initiative in the region belongs to the Russian army," this referring to Russia now controlling Toreck and the areas around it.
In the direction of Siversk, Russian forces have reportedly also captured Verkhnokamyanskoe and Grigorovka, two other former Ukrainian strongholds. Images and video footage are circulating the web showing Russian troops raising their country's flag over the ruins of Grigorovka.
Russian troops have further entered Serebyianka as they battle their way to a full takeover just like they did in Toreck and these other areas of eastern Ukraine.
Ukrainian armed forces have since begun trying to fortify the Dnipropetrovsk region as Russia advances further towards its next targets.
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