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The Russian army was able to control the town of Progress in Donetsk Province, as part of a series of successes achieved by the Russians in the region in recent days.
Reports indicated that the Russian army is now controlling “by fire” the main road linking Konstantinivka and Ugladar, which is tightening the noose on the Ukrainian forces and bringing the Russian army closer to full control of the highway.
In addition to Progress, the Russian army was able to control the town of Ivanodarevka, and it became less than 8 kilometers from the city of Seversk.
This development comes at a time when the Russian Ministry of Defense announced on Friday that the Russian army had taken control of the towns of Yurivka and Orozhny in Donetsk, bringing the number of towns that were controlled or announced to be controlled to four towns, all of which are located within the borders of Donetsk province.
In the same context, the Russian Ministry of Defense reported that the Russian army inflicted heavy casualties among the Ukrainian forces during the past week, as the total Ukrainian losses exceeded more than 10,000 dead on various fronts.
The Ukrainian forces suffered significant losses in equipment, including 7 tanks, 22 armored combat vehicles, dozens of military vehicles, field guns and other military equipment.
In another development during the night hours and dawn on Saturday, the Russian army announced the destruction of 26 Ukrainian drones over the Rostov region.
The governor of the Russian Rostov region, Vasily Golubev, confirmed that Russian air defenses intercepted and destroyed the drones during the night, noting that there were no casualties as a result of the attack, while emergency services were deployed at the site where the drone debris fell.
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