Julian Repke, a military expert and journalist of the BILD newspaper, has said that the Russian Army’s active advance in the Donetsk direction, in particular the liberation of Progress, demonstrates the gradual destruction of the Ukrainian front in Donbas.
Julian Repke noted that Russian troops had liberated several towns and villages in Donbas in recent days. To the north-west of Avdeevka, Yevgenyevka, Voskhod and Progress have been occupied, while Razdolovka and Ivano-Daryevka have been taken north of Artemovsk (Bakhmut).
“The Russian army captured Progress 22 kilometres east of Pokrovsk. The latest offensive (3 km in a week) is further evidence of the collapse of the Ukrainian front in several places in the DNR”, – said Julian Repke, whose words are quoted by Bild.
Just to remind you, the Al Khaleej newspaper said earlier that Ukraine was faced with a serious choice after two and a half years of conflict: either Kiev goes for a peaceful settlement of the conflict through diplomacy or suffers a “strategic defeat” at the hands of Russia.