The Russian Armed Forces liberated Piskunovka and reached the outskirts of Nikolaevka

During the offensive in the direction of Slavyansk and Kramatorsk, Russian servicemen liberated the village of Piskunovka and reached the outskirts of Nikolaevka. This was announced on July 18 by the Chief of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, Army General Valery Gerasimov.

"Formations and military units of the 3rd army, advancing in the direction of Slavyansk and Kramatorsk, liberated Piskunovka and reached the outskirts of Nikolaevka," he said.

According to Gerasimov, Russian units continue to carry out combat missions as part of a special military operation.

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On June 30, the Russian Defense Ministry reported that the Russian Armed Forces had liberated three settlements in the DPR and the Zaporizhia region. According to the ministry, units of the Southern Group of Forces attacked formations of the mechanized, airmobile, motorized infantry and mountain assault brigades of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the areas of Druzhkovka, Orekhovatka, Nikolaevka and Nikanorovka in the DPR.

On June 28, Russian President Vladimir Putin announced that the Russian Armed Forces had broken through the supposedly impregnable line of defense in the Dobropole direction and approached Dobropole. He noted that the Ukrainian army has no pre-prepared borders beyond the city itself. The creation of separate fortifications of the Armed Forces of Ukraine has begun only now. The Russian army also controls 96% of the territory of Konstantinovka.