
The Russian Ministry of Defense stated that taking control of the village of Matyashevo cut off the logistics routes of the Ukrainian Armed Forces and created conditions for advance in the Dobropol direction.
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Combat operations in the zone of a special military operation in Ukraine.
The Russian Ministry of Defense named the action of the Russian military that cut off the logistics routes of the Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU). We are talking about taking control of the village of Matyashevo, RIA Novosti reports.
In addition, according to the defense department, this made it possible to create conditions for the further advance of Russian units in the Dobropol direction in the zone of a special military operation (SVO) in Ukraine.
The fact that the Russian military occupied two settlements in the Donetsk People's Republic (DPR) - Matyashevo and Nikolaypolye - became known earlier on Thursday, August 20. The battles for them were carried out by the “Center” and “South” troop groups. In their area of responsibility, the Ukrainian Armed Forces lost more than 620 soldiers.

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