OREANDA-NEWS Russian troops in the direction of Velikaya Novoselka in the Donetsk People's Republic (TNR) advanced several kilometers in two sections to the northeast and southeast of the settlement. This was stated by Vladimir Rogov, chairman of the commission of the Public Chamber of the Russian Federation on sovereignty issues, co-chairman of the Coordinating Council for the integration of new regions, TASS reports.

According to him, Russian troops are practically on the outskirts of Razdelnoye. He added that the Russian Armed Forces occupied about 10 square kilometers of land, advancing on a wide front from Novodonetsky towards Blagodatnoye to the southeast of Velikaya Novoselka.

Earlier, Rogov reported on the hoisting of the Russian flag in the center of Kurakhovo in the DPR. According to him, the northern part of the Harvest Street is under the control of the Russian forces.