The Russian army announced today that it has captured another village in the east of Ukraine, where it continues to advance towards the city of Pokrovsk, an important logistical hub for Ukrainian troops who are outnumbered and lack combat superiority.
Russian forces "liberated the village of Kalinove" in the Donetsk region, according to a press release from the Russian Ministry of Defense, Beta reports.
That village is 35 kilometers from Pokrovsko, an important logistics node that has been the target of Russian troops for several weeks, who are getting closer to it.
Despite the surprise cross-border attack launched by Kiev on August 6 in the Kursk region, Moscow continues to gain ground in the Ukrainian region of Donetsk, which is the epicenter of the fighting.
Russian President Vladimir Putin expressed his unwavering desire to conquer the entire Donbass, a large industrial zone in eastern Ukraine, on Thursday.
On the other hand, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky met today in Chernobyl in the north of Italy with Prime Minister Djordja Meloni as he continues to ask his allies for more weapons, it was announced in Italy.
The meeting was held on the sidelines of the European House - Ambrozeti economic forum, which began on Friday on the shores of Lake Como.
Kyiv is asking its allies for permission to target Russia with the missiles it receives from the West, which Zelensky repeated during yesterday's conversation with German Chancellor Olaf Scholz, reports Beta.
Italy supports sanctions against Moscow and supplies weapons to Kiev, but, unlike most European countries, opposes, like Hungary, its use outside of Ukrainian territory. Earlier today, Ukraine announced that its army had shot down almost all the drones sent by Russia to its territory during the night.
The Ukrainian Air Force said that Moscow launched a total of 67 long-range drones, of which it managed to shoot down 58.
The army also announced on Telegram that air defense units are deployed in 11 regions across Ukraine.
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