On July 13th, Russian-led forces entered the cities of Soledar and Seversk in the Donetsk People’s Republic. The reports were confirmed by the DPR Interior Ministry officials.
The Russian ”O” grouping deployed in the north of the DPR destroyed the last stronghold of the Armed Forces of Ukraine on the western outskirts of Verkhnekamenskoye, pawing the way towards Seversk from the eastern direction.
According to the footage provided by the Russian military, the AFU suffered heavy losses during the battles. Some of Ukrainian forces retreated to the city of Seversk where fighting broke out on the eastern outskirts.
Amid the ongoing advance of the ground forces, the AFU positions on the heights near Seversk are subjected to heavy artillery and rocket attacks by the Russian military.
In the Seversk region, fighting continues in the area of Ivano-Dariivka located south of Verhnekamenskoe and in the village of Serebryanka located north of the town.
Poster Comment:
Zelensky has a frontline from Kharkhov in the north, to Seversk and to Bakhmut. He had been trying to get an offensive going in the South near Kherson but he is too militarily weak to get it done. Over 50% of his soldiers on the frontline have died.