Thanks to the results of the attack by the allied forces (Russian army and Donetsk militia), the Peski settlement was completely liberated, Russian Defense Ministry spokesman Igor Konashenkov announced on August 13.
Peski, about 2km from Donetsk airport, is one of the main pillars of Ukraine's complex defense line in Donetsk, according to RT.
This residential area has been strongly reinforced since 2015. A Donetsk militia commander told Russia's Channel One last week that the area had been turned into a large garrison in the true sense of the word when all civilians had been evacuated for a long time. He pointed out that all buildings in Peski are surrounded by battlefields, while Ukraine's defense system has been established to NATO standards.
The coordination campaign to occupy a strategic settlement in Donbass began in late July and recorded fierce fighting and shelling. In early August, Ukrainian President Zelensky described the situation in Peski and the nearby Avdeevka region as "hell" and "not possible to describe it in words."
attacks on Kiev's military forces and infrastructure have continued in other areas of Ukraine over the past 24 hours, Konashenkov said. According to him, a HIMARS missile launcher and an ammunition depot for the system were destroyed near the self-proclaimed town of Kramatorsk in the Donetsk Republic.
