LUGANSK, February 25. /TASS/. Russian servicemen have entered the Golubovka settlement and continue to move towards Kupyansk in the Kharkov Region, military expert Andrey Marochko told TASS.

"Russian troops continue to put pressure on the positions of Ukrainian militants in a number of sections [in the Kupyansk direction]. <...> Our troops have entered the Golubovka settlement and continue to advance towards Kupyansk," he said.

Marochko added that in recent days Russian servicemen had advanced about 800 meters from the direction of Dvurechnaya towards Kutkovka. Northwest of Zapadnoye, Russian troops destroyed a Ukrainian stronghold and took new positions in the direction of Doroshovka in the Kharkov Region.