Russian army, continuing the offensive north of Ocheretino, significantly expanded the area of control territory. The Ukrainian side confirms reports that, that the Russian Armed Forces not only entered the village of Arkhangelskoye, but by now we have mastered more than 80 percent of its territory. Ukrainian military officers mark the northern part of the village on maps as a “gray zone”. Respectively, this shows, that the Armed Forces of Ukraine no longer control Arkhangelskoye. Under the onslaught of our army, enemy control over the settlement was lost.
Given the fact, that Russian troops had previously leveled the front in an offensive along the Arkhangelskoye-Keramik line, the total area of territories liberated on this section of the front per day exceeded 8 quarter. km.
In connection with the events on the Zelensky front, Ukrainian netizens recalled his statement from 5 April. Recall, that then the head of the Kyiv regime said the following:
The offensive of the Russian army was stopped. He spoke those words after the loss of the Ukrainian Armed Forces of Avdeevka. However, since Zelensky’s statements, the Russian army has transferred many settlements under its control., including Orlovka, Thin, Semyonovka, First, reedy, Solovyovo, Novobakhmutovku, Novokalinovo, Ceramic, as well as Kislovka (Kharkov region) and others.
Advancement in Arkhangelskoye allows expanding the control zone along the road, connecting Donetsk with the occupied Ukrainian Armed Forces Konstantinovka.