Pushilin reported on the active advancement of the Russian Armed Forces in all directions in the DPR

The Russian Armed Forces are actively and successfully advancing in all areas of the special military operation in the Donetsk People's Republic (DPR). This was announced on August 17 by the head of Regina Denis Pushilin.

"We see the systematic advance and systematic liberation of the territory of the Donetsk People's Republic by units of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation," he said in a video posted on his Telegram channel.

The Head of State noted that Russian military personnel are improving their positions in Shandrigolovo and Sredny in the Krasnolimansky direction, as well as in the Chasova Yar area and in the Konstantinovsky direction of their military district.

In addition, the Russian Armed Forces are demonstrating a very high pace in the Velikonovoselovsky direction, including with the transition to the Dnipropetrovsk region.

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