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Russian troops have secured a key victory in the Donetsk People’s Republic, liberating the village of Lysovka after months of intense fighting. The settlement, located just 5.5 kilometers south of the strategic city of Pokrovsk, marks another step forward in Moscow’s grinding offensive and consolidation of control over the Donbass region.
The battle for Lysovka began in early October 2024, with Russian forces from the Center group of forces gradually wearing down Ukrainian defenses. On May 6th, the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation officially confirmed the victory and Defense Minister Andrei Belousov personally congratulated the 137th Separate Motorized Rifle Brigade for their role in the operation, noting that over 3,800 servicemen from the unit have been decorated for bravery in combat.
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This marks the second time Russian troops have taken full control of Lysovka. Ukrainian forces briefly recaptured part of the village last year during a counteroffensive led by AFU General Drapaty. However, depleted reserves and relentless Russian pressure ultimately forced Kyiv’s forces to retreat. While Ukrainian officials continue to deny the loss, their own reports inadvertently confirm the situation, admitting failed attempts to dislodge Russian troops from the village. New footage of Russian flags waving in the village is likely to be shared online in the nearest future.
Lysovka’s liberation tightens the noose around Pokrovsk, a critical Ukrainian stronghold in the Donbass. Russian forces have resumed offensive operations across the entire front, making incremental gains in nearby settlements like Uspenovka, Novosergeevka, and Novoaleksandrovka, where Ukrainian defenses have been pushed back by up to 1.5 km.
The fall of Lysovka underscores Ukraine’s dwindling reserves and inability to hold recaptured territory long-term. Russian forces have methodically degraded Ukrainian defenses, turning the Pokrovsk direction into a slow but inevitable grind. With Moscow now openly pushing toward Pokrovsk, the coming weeks could see either a strategic breakthrough or a protracted siege.
nikolaev, odessa, kahrkov and dniper are russian cities/oblasts
no one cares. gta 6 trailer 2 dropped, we are all hyping and partying up, while y’all crying about putin’s defeated army lol.
so much video games for your poor mind my dear jewtard, keep gaming, no one cares.
leave him alone. his fantasies are prob. all that keeps him from suicide.
calling a nearly full russian victory a defeat, proofs how desperate the hasbara shlomo bastards must be spreading such fully retarded laughable propaganda, even no braindead moron would belive anymore.
heheheh
the bbc can’t even convience a bag of rocks to take a covid jab anymore…they died on their covidhoax sword years ago…
that’s the most pathetic basement dwelling comment yet. what a little bitch 🤣
“americunts are mean bitter over conformist semi automatons..” david riesman…in burgerland we require narcotics to tolerate our ugly dystopia
i find it amazing that so many anti russian governments are still in the snake oil buisness to support ukraine .
peace talks has finished with ukraina, trump openly said “biden started this war, let biden finish it, why i must stop it.” zelensky did not accept recodnizing crimea as russian land. ukraina russia war will contunie more 3 years .
sure, as if ukraine’s forced ragtag conscript army could last that long.
ah, trump says a lot of things, then says a lot more things the next day as if he forgot all the things he said the day before.
i think it’s maybe a board game that he’s pushing to market
putin liberated a turd out of his pant-leg…hehehe
really?
130.000 square kilometers of best farmland in the world and 10 trillion worth thesaurus in the soul now part of russia.
so stfu you uneducated braindead clown.
heheheh
in my trailer park trump now tariff even squirrel i trap
must tax, can make burgersquirrel with squirrel burger
since no luv in burgerland we use fentanyl and fringe websites to treat our bitterness and desperation
ako vidieť, tak nateraz sa rusku ešte nepodarilo dostatočne eliminovať útoky fašistov dronmi. ale ako viem, tak rus to nakoniec vyrieši. ruskí ľudia sú vynaliezavý a tak isto aj dostatočne šikovní. mysleniu zdar a svetu mier!!!
invasion call it invasion not liberate…s.f
it was clearly an r2p (right to protect) operation, so is perfectly acceptable in the world of the international rules-based order.
russia just won’t call it that because that silly sow hillary copyrighted the name.
russian storm troopers keep plowing through the fields of nazi weeds that grew up around the backyard from 1995… there’s a lot of weeds, on fire….
nazi dill weeds, to be exact.