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Military operation in Ukraine

Allied forces gaining ground along entire line of engagement in DPR, says official

Earlier, the DPR mission at the Joint Center for Control and Coordination of issues related to Ukrainian war crimes (JCCC) reported that on Friday, seven 152-mm and 155-mm artillery strikes hit the republic’s territory, including five hitting Donetsk

MOSCOW, November 25. /TASS/. The allied forces are gaining ground along the entire frontline in the Donetsk People’s Republic (DPR), acting DPR Head Denis Pushilin told the Rossiya-1 TV channel on Friday.

"We are advancing practically along the entire frontline and our units are functioning under difficult conditions, weather conditions included, yet [we are] advancing," he said.

The DPR leader also added that currently the allied forces are capable of "forming certain reserves and this, undoubtedly, will help befittingly and timely to react to the adversary’s different actions."

Earlier, the DPR mission at the Joint Center for Control and Coordination of issues related to Ukrainian war crimes (JCCC) reported that on Friday, seven 152-mm and 155-mm artillery strikes hit the republic’s territory, including five hitting Donetsk. The city’s Kievsky district was shelled four times, the Kuybyshevsky and Petrovsky districts, as well as the communities of Gorlovka and Golmovsky have also been bombarded.

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