Russian forces occupied the city of spring in the east of Ukraine, the Russian Ministry of Defense announced on Thursday. This city in Donetsk region was, according to AFP, a strategic point of the Ukrainian forces and has become the scene of intensive struggles over the past months. A spokesman for the Ukrainian army, which is fighting in this area, later denied the report of the conquest of the time of Jaru, TASR writes.
The Russian Defense Ministry said in its statement that the Russian forces “liberated” this Ukrainian city. Ukrainian General Staff, according to Reuters, announced on Thursday morning that The Russian army attacked the area near the time of spring. Maps of the Ukrainian military blog Deepstate have shown that the Ukrainian forces control the western part of this city.
AFP notes that Russian troops have been achieving gradual territorial gains in Ukraine for several months. The report of the alleged occupation of the time of Jaru with Russian forces came after Kiev Military Administration reported that the night Russian missile and drone attacks in Kiev claimed six dead and 82 injured. Many buildings, including schools or hospitals, were damaged.
The Ukrainian army denied the Russian Defense Ministry of Defense to conquer the city in eastern Ukraine. “I always advise not to consider the Russian Ministry of Defense as a source of information. In short, they are systematically deceiving and that we are expected to comment on their latest lies every time, is the wrong approach in itself,” said the spokesman of the Operational Group Croycia Ukrainian ground forces Viktor Trehubov.
