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the russian ministry of defense announced on the 8th that the russian army's "central" group has completely controlled the small town of novokhrodiivka near the strategic red army city (called pokrovsk in ukraine) in the donetsk region. agence france-presse said this is one of the biggest advances made by the russian army in the donetsk region in recent weeks.

novohrodiivka is located about 19 kilometers southeast of red army city and had a population of about 14,000 before the ukrainian crisis escalated in february 2022. controlling this city means that the russian army has opened the door to red army city.

according to the associated press, the "deep" website, which analyzes the situation on the ukrainian battlefield, updated its news on the evening of the 7th, saying that russian troops were "advancing" in novohrodivka and occupied the village of nevelsk southeast of the red army city.

the general staff of the ukrainian armed forces issued a battle report on the evening of the 8th, saying that the russian and ukrainian armies had a fierce battle over the pokrovsk region including novohrodiivka. the ukrainian army repelled the russian offensive 23 times in eastern ukraine, and the local war remained stalemate.

before the escalation of the russian-ukrainian conflict, krasnoyarsk had a population of about 61,000. it is the center of ukraine's coal industry and a logistics hub for the ukrainian army in eastern ukraine, with many railways and highways passing through it.

according to the associated press and ukrainian media, once russia captures red army city, it will cut off the ukrainian army's supply lines and may cause the collapse of the entire ukrainian army's defense line. the russian army can move forward from red army city and approach other cities such as kramatorsk, the seat of the ukrainian interim state government, which will help achieve the strategic goal of completely controlling the donbas region as soon as possible.

charles brown, chairman of the us joint chiefs of staff, said after attending the "ukrainian defense liaison organization" meeting in germany on the 6th that given that russia has made the pokrovsk region one of its main battlefields for operations against ukraine, the united states will "work closely" with ukraine to assist ukraine in resisting the russian offensive to ensure that ukraine has the ability to guard ukraine's northeastern and industrial areas.

russian president vladimir putin said last week that ukraine's recent cross-border raid into russia's kursk oblast did not slow down russia's offensive in the donetsk region, but instead led to a shortage of ukrainian frontline troops.

in early august, ukraine secretly mobilized a large number of troops and launched an offensive from the northeastern sumy oblast, breaking into russia's kursk oblast, claiming to have occupied thousands of square kilometers of land and controlled hundreds of villages and towns, trying to force russia to disperse its forces, especially to reduce ukraine's pressure in the donetsk region, and to attract international attention and seek more western aid. however, the two armies have recently been in a standoff in kursk oblast, and the russian offensive in donetsk continues to make progress.

german chancellor olaf scholz said in an interview with german tv two on the 8th that it is time to discuss how to speed up the end of the russian-ukrainian conflict. he and ukrainian president volodymyr zelensky both believe that russia must participate in the "ukrainian peace summit" in the future.

zelensky did not respond to scholz's statement. in a televised speech that day, he said he had held "important consultations" with the leaders of germany and italy, but did not disclose the details.

in june this year, the "ukrainian peace summit" was held in switzerland, and russia was not invited. the russian side repeatedly stressed that it was "absurd" to try to seek "peace" without russian participation. (end) (xinhua news agency special report wang yijun）

(source: xinhua news agency)

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