Russian top general Valery Gerasimov on Tuesday said their forces were advancing along the front line in Ukraine and were targeting surrounded Ukrainian troops in the town of Myrnohrad.

Reuters quoted Gerasimov saying President Vladimir Putin had ordered the defeat of Ukrainian forces in Myrnohrad, a town with a pre-war population of some 46,000 people to the east of Pokrovsk.

Speaking at a command post meeting with officers of the Centre Grouping which is fighting in Ukraine’s Dnipropetrovsk region, he said Russia has taken control of more than 30% of Myrnohrad’s buildings.

Meanwhile, Ukraine has repeatedly rejected Russian claims that Pokrovsk has fallen and said its forces continue to hold part of the city and are fighting back in Myrnohrad.

According to Reuters, Russia currently co

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