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according to a report by ria novosti on september 17, russian law enforcement agencies said that the russian army has liberated ukrainsk of the "donetsk people's republic".

the report said a senior official said: "this morning, russian troops seized control of the settlement of ukrainsk." he provided ria novosti with photos of russian troops hanging flags on a mine on the outskirts of ukrainsk.

ukrainsk is a small town located between kurakhovo and shelidovo with a population of about 10,500. it is 4 kilometers away from the chukurikha railway junction, through which a large part of the ukrainian army in donbass is supplied. the capture of ukrainsk will help disrupt the ukrainian army's logistics.

the report mentioned that in early september, nikolay melnik, an officer of the 47th mechanized independent brigade of the ukrainian army, said that he believed that a priority direction chosen by the russian army was ukrainsk and gornyak, and then kurakhovka. the officer disagreed with the statement of the ukrainian commander-in-chief and the president that the front line in the pokrovsk direction had stabilized.