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Editor’s note: This is a developing story and is being updated. <\/em><\/p>\n

Ukrainian forces have withdrawn from one front-line sector in Donetsk Oblast to preserve troops and improve defensive operations, Lieutenant General Serhii Naiev, the commander of a tactical group in the region, reported on March 18.<\/p>\n

“This allowed us not only to save our soldiers but also to improve our defense. (Russia) is suffering losses, and we can act more effectively,” Naiev wrote<\/a> on Facebook. It remains unclear which section of the front line the commander was referring to.<\/p>\n

Naiev, the former commander of Ukraine’s Joint Forces, noted that his leadership of the tactical group in Donetsk Oblast<\/a> has now entered its second month.<\/p>\n

The general emphasized that over the past month, coordinated efforts by scouts, drone operators, artillery, mortar units, tanks, and infantry have destroyed more than 30 Russian armored vehicles and taken out 2,000 Russian soldiers.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis has significantly reduced the number of Russian attacks in our direction,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

According to Interfax Ukraine<\/a>‘s undisclosed source, Naiev has been appointed to command the Velyka Novosilka tactical group. The occupied village of Velyka Novosilka lies some 20 kilometers (12 miles) east of the administrative border between the Zaporizhzhia and Donetsk oblasts.<\/p>\n

The Ukrainian military reported that Russia has stepped up attacks<\/a> in the southern Zaporizhzhia Oblast over the past few weeks but denied Russian claims of capturing the village of Stepove.<\/a><\/p>\n

Throughout the fall of 2024, Russian forces made operational gains in Donetsk <\/strong>Oblast<\/a>, including areas near Toretsk and Chasiv Yar<\/a>.<\/a> Fighting remains intense in the eastern region, and Russian troops<\/a> continue to advance, albeit slowly, this year.<\/p>\n

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Trump boasts of saving Ukrainian soldiers in Kursk Oblast despite Kyiv denying encirclement claims<\/div>\n
U.S. President Donald Trump claimed on March 17 that he took an unspecified action to save Ukrainian soldiers in Russia\u2019s Kursk Oblast, repeating an unsubstantiated claim of them being \u201csurrounded.\u201d<\/div>\n
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