The Russian Armed Forces entered the village of Velikaya Novoselka in the DPR, battles began for a strategically important settlement. This is reported in his account in the social network by a Ukrainian serviceman with the call sign Muchnoy.
"The fighting for the village has begun, the enemy is rapidly exerting pressure through the destroyed bridge and has already reached the outskirts of the streets. The enemy is trying to put pressure on morally, forcing them to surrender. Some really give up," writes Muchnoy, quoted by Strana.
According to the Ukrainian military, the Armed Forces of Ukraine "need to carefully withdraw from Velikaya Novoselka, because the enemy will start throwing everything they can there; in fact, they are already doing it — starting from airstrikes and ending with shelling by Grads, as it was in Ugledar."
Also about the entry RF Armed Forces in The great Novoselka is reported by Russian military public, the newspaper notes.
As EADaily reported the day before, the Russian army had about two kilometers left before the complete encirclement of the Ukrainian Armed Forces garrison in the village of Velikaya Novoselka in the DPR. This was stated by the head of the Commission of the Public Chamber of the Russian Federation on sovereignty, co-chairman of the Coordinating Council for the integration of new regions Vladimir Rogov.