RUSSIA – Russia’s Ministry of Defense on Sunday announced the capture of Zorya settlement, in Donetsk Region.
The ministry said in a statement that the Southern group of forces captured the settlement of Zorya in the Donetsk region while units of the Tsentr (Center) grouping reached the region’s western border and continue to advance into the neighboring Dnepropetrovsk region.
“Russian forces also carried out a strike using aviation, drones, artillery and missiles, targeting Ukraine’s workshops producing and repairing attack drones, as well as drone launch and storage sites, places of temporary deployments of the Ukrainian troops and foreign mercenaries,” the ministry added.
“Over the past day, Russian air defense systems shot down 131 drones, including over 73 outside the battle zone, at least one of them near the capital Moscow,” it said.