At the same time, he noted that fierce fighting is still going on in the east.
A few days earlier, Russian leader Vladimir Putin said that the dynamics of the special operation is assessed as positive, since everything is going according to the plan of the Russian Defense Ministry and the General Staff.
The most large-scale battles in recent weeks have been in the DPR: there, Russian forces managed to recapture an important strategic point – Soledar – from the Armed Forces of Ukraine, through which Artemovsk (Ukrainian name – Bakhmut) was supplied.
Now the Russian Armed Forces are concentrating their efforts on the capture of this city, as well as Seversk, which should open the way to Slavyansk and Kramatorsk.