Incidents

Russia has declared the capture of New York, in the General Staff of the Armed Forces, the loss of the village was not confirmed (map)

The Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation claims that "released a strategically important logistics knot" in the Toretsky direction. Earlier, the Armed Forces stated that they control 20% of the settlement. Russia has announced the seizure of New York village in the Bakhmut district of Donetsk region. This is stated in the report of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation on Tuesday, August 20.

"As a result of the active actions of the units of the Center's troops, a large group of enemy troops was destroyed and one of the largest settlements of Toretsk agglomeration and a strategically important logistics node of Novgorod was released," the Russian defense department said. It is known that the town of New York has been named Novgorod since 1951. But in 2021 the village returned the historical name.

The General Staff of the Armed Forces of the Armed Forces of New York has not yet denied or confirmed. The Ukrainian command in the construction of the fronts as of 08:00 reported 24 attempts by the Russians to advance in the Toretsky direction in the areas of settlements in North, New York, Neplipivka, Iron and, most actively near Toretsk. Earlier, Deep State Analysts reported that heavy fighting was going on for the settlement.