On September 23, according to TASS quoting military expert Andrey Marochko, Russian forces have almost pushed the entire Ukrainian army out of Klinovoye, near Druzhkovka in the Donetsk People's Republic (DPR), and expanded the control area near Popasnaya.
Speaking of Druzhkovka, it can be seen that our forces have recently made progress in the southeast of this area, expanding the control area in Popasnaya. In addition, almost all Ukrainian forces have now been pushed out of the Klinovoye settlement and this area is being cleared," Mr. Marochko said.
According to this expert, Russian forces are also developing an offensive direction towards Druzhkovka from the Kurtovka area.
Russian forces have made some small progress in the Rayskoye region, located southwest of Druzhkovka," Mr. Marochko said.
The above developments show that the southeastern Druzhkovka region continues to be one of the directions that Russian forces are focusing on attacking.
Previously, Mr. Marochko told TASS that the Ukrainian army had withdrawn from Popasnaya in the Druzhkovka region, moving northwest towards Klinovoye.
Mr. Marochko did not provide further information about the size of the fighting forces, casualties or specific areas that Russian forces claimed to have expanded control over.
The Ukrainian side has not yet commented on the above information.
