The speaker of the eastern grouping of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, Serhiy Cherevaty, announced the liberation of the village of Torskoye in the Donetsk region.
Answering a question about reports about the encirclement of a large number of invaders in the direction of Liman, Cherevaty said that "some of them were physically destroyed, some were taken prisoner, and some were able to leave in certain columns or small groups."
"Now some of them are trying to take up defense in Kremennaya. Accordingly, our units continue to work there, because there are remnants of them in the forests; stabilization of the situation, trapping these remnants of the invaders; demining - the territory is heavily mined," he said.
Cherevaty said that "our units have already taken the village of Torskoye - on the road to Kremennaya."
"And they hit enemy units with artillery fire, which is trying to gain a foothold in Kremennaya and build a defense," a representative of the eastern group of the Armed Forces of Ukraine said.