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KYIV, April 5 (Reuters) – The Ukrainian army said on Friday it was in a “very difficult” situation near Chasiv Yar, while denying reports that Russians had reached the outskirts of the eastern town. Ukraine.
According to a Russian official cited by the RIA agency, Russian troops, who are advancing in the east after taking control of Avdiïvka in February, have entered the suburb of Chassiv Iar, a strategic town of 12,200 inhabitants located in west of Bakhmut.
Andriy Zadoubinny, spokesman for Ukraine’s Eastern Command, denied the report.
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“The situation there is very difficult, the fighting continues, but they (Russian troops) are not there,” he said by telephone, urging people not to “believe the Russian information.”
Furthermore, a Ukrainian intelligence source, whose information could not be independently verified by Reuters, reported an air attack on the Russian military airbase in Morozovsk, in the Rostov region.
The operation, carried out jointly by the Ukrainian SBU and the army, reportedly resulted in the destruction of six Russian warplanes.
The source did not give details of the assets involved in the attack, but indicated that eight other warplanes had also been damaged.
RIA, citing the Russian Defense Ministry, reported that Russian air defenses shot down 53 Ukrainian drones overnight; most of them flew over the Rostov region.
The source, who described the operation as important, said the Morozovsk airbase was used by Russian tactical bombers such as the Sukhoi Su-24 and Su-24M, employed by the Russian Air Force. to fire guided bombs. (Reuters report and Pavel Polityuk, French version Augustin Turpin, edited by Sophie Louet)
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