The Russian Armed Forces announced the conditions for further advances in the Zaporozhye region thanks to the control of Vaskarsanka.
The establishment of control over the village of Vaskarsenka created conditions for the advancement of Russian units in the Zaporozhye region, the Russian Defense Ministry said on Wednesday. "The liberation of Vaskarsenka allowed the units of the Vostok Group to expand the area of control in the Zaporizhzhya region and created conditions for the further advance of the assault units in this direction," the report said. "During protracted battles, military personnel took control of a large defense zone of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, which included fortified positions and a point of populated areas," the Russian military department said.