2024-09-09
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reference news reported on september 9russia said on sunday its troops were making progress in eastern ukraine as kiev reported deadly air strikes and urged the west to allow it to use weapons for more preemptive strikes on airports and other military sites in russia, afp reported on september 8.
moscow has stepped up its air strikes in recent weeks as it tries to repel a major ukrainian offensive in russia's kursk region. kiev has previously launched an offensive into russian territory further north in hopes of forcing moscow to redeploy its forces currently advancing in the donetsk region.
according to reports, the russian army claimed on the 8th that it had occupied a town in the donetsk region and was advancing towards the strategic city of pokrovsk (called the red army city by the russian side).
the russian defense ministry said that the russian army had "liberated" novokhrodivka, a city about 20 kilometers from pokrovsk, an important logistics hub of the ukrainian army.
it is reported that ukrainian president zelensky once again urged his partners on the 8th to give him greater freedom to use weapons provided by the west to strike targets in russia. (compiled by lin xiaoxuan)