Ukraine’s military refutes reports of Russia seizing Illinka in Donetsk region

That’s according to the General Staff of Ukraine’s Armed Forces, Ukrinform reports.

On November 13, Ukrainian sdiers held back the enemy's advance on Kupiansk, destroying all of the offensive unit’s armored vehicles and inflicting major casualties on the enemy force.

Kupiansk is completely under the contr of Ukraine’s Defense Forces. Ilyinka, Donetsk region, is also under Ukraine’s contr. On its outskirts, battles are constantly going on, but Ukrainian units are firmly hding their ground.

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The General Staff urged the audience to trust official sources only.

As Ukrinform reported earlier, on the night of November 14, the DeepState analytical project reported the alleged advances by Russian tros in eastern Ukraine, including that they captured Illinka and crossed into Kupiansk.

At the same time, the spokesman for the General Staff, Captain Andr Kovaliov, emphasized that the Russian invaders failed their attempt to enter Kupiansk so the city is under Ukraine Army’s contr.

Kovaliov said on November 13, starting at 14:30, Russian tros made an attempt to break through the defense lines toward Kupiansk. Enemy assault groups attacked the positions of Ukrainian defenders in four waves. In total, the enemy deployed nearly 15 units of equipment, including tanks, armored fighting vehicles, and the UR-77 deminer. Some of the Russian sdiers sported Ukrainian military uniforms to confuse the defense units.

Ukaine’s forces stped the enemy advance, destroying all of Russia’s armored vehicles invved in the storming and eliminating a significant part of the manpower deployed, said the spokesman.

After foiled attacks, having suffered casualties, Russia has not tried to repeat the assaults in the area ever since.