Moscow, March 31,(dpa/GNA) – Russian troops are continuing their attacks in eastern Ukraine, and have seized control of the settlement of Zolota Nyva, south-west of Donetsk, the spokesperson for the Russian Defence Ministry, Igor Konashenkov, said on Thursday according to Interfax.
According to Konashenkov, Russian troops advanced 6 kilometres on Wednesday and killed up to 60 enemy forces. The information could not be independently verified.
Meanwhile, units of the separatist area of Luhansk advanced 5 kilometres, and are currently fighting Ukrainian “nationalists” at the city of Kreminna north-west of Luhansk, Konashenkov said.
According to the Russian Ministry of Defence, 53 Ukrainian military targets, including surface-to-air missile systems and ammunition and weapons stores, have been destroyed through bombing since Wednesday.
Konashenkov also confirmed the destruction of fuel stores in the cities of Dnipro and Novomoskovs’k, as well as two other towns, which had been supplying Ukrainian troops in the Donbas area.
The regional council of Dnipro had reported the destruction of the fuel stores.
On Wednesday, the Russian Ministry of Defence confirmed it was withdrawing forces from Kiev and nearby Chernihiv, in order to “complete the operation of the full liberation of the Donbass.”
GNA