KYIV: President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said on Thursday (Sep 19) that Ukrainian forces had reduced the potential of Russian troops to launch attacks in the Donetsk region on the eastern front of the more than two-and-a-half-year-old war.
Zelenskyy, speaking in his nightly video address after conferring with commanders, said the military was doing its utmost “for the resilience of our battle brigades”.
“At this time, the Ukrainian Defence Forces have managed to diminish the occupiers’ assault potential in Donetsk region,” he said.
The situation, he said, remained “critically difficult with tough battles every day” in the two sectors of the eastern front subjected to the most Russian attacks – near the cities of Pokrovsk and Kurakhove.
