{"id":4253,"date":"2024-10-29T16:01:29","date_gmt":"2024-10-29T16:01:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/investingsstrategist.com\/index.php\/2024\/10\/29\/russia-claims-control-of-key-town-of-selydove-in-ukraines-donetsk-region\/"},"modified":"2024-10-29T16:01:29","modified_gmt":"2024-10-29T16:01:29","slug":"russia-claims-control-of-key-town-of-selydove-in-ukraines-donetsk-region","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/investingsstrategist.com\/index.php\/2024\/10\/29\/russia-claims-control-of-key-town-of-selydove-in-ukraines-donetsk-region\/","title":{"rendered":"Russia claims control of key town of Selydove in Ukraine\u2019s Donetsk region"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\">            The Russian Defense Ministry claimed Tuesday it had taken the Ukrainian town of Selydove, southeast of the key city of Pokrovsk in the Donetsk region.    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\">            Russian forces have been advancing on Selydove in the last several weeks, according to frontline reports. It\u2019s part of Russia\u2019s ongoing assault and incremental territorial gains in eastern Ukraine.    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\">            Selydove was an important staging area for Ukraine\u2019s defenses and a key foothold to prevent Russia\u2019s advance toward Pokrovsk.    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\">            Ukrainian authorities have not yet commented on Russia\u2019s claims of control.    <\/p>\n<div class=\"graphic\">\n<div class=\"graphic__anchor\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\">            \u201c[Russia] continues to assault with very large troop numbers. They used reserves from the north of the frontline\u2019s Pokrovsk section to increase pressure on Selydove,\u201d 15th brigade national guard spokesman Vitaliy Milovidov said.    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\">            \u201cAt the same time, the enemy is not destroying the city\u2019s infrastructure,\u201d he added. \u201cMost likely, they want to keep the town as a foothold for themselves in the future. Selydove is a large town where you can accommodate a large number of people and hide equipment.\u201d    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\">            Video released by Russian state media TASS on Tuesday reportedly shows troops raising the Russian flag in Selydove.    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\">            Russia also continued aerial assaults on Ukrainian cities overnight into Tuesday.    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\">            At least nine Ukrainian people were killed and 46 injured across the country as Russian forces attacked the cities of Kharkiv, Kryvyi Rih and the capital Kyiv. In the Odesa region, a 71-year-old man was killed by falling debris following an intercepted Russian missile strike launched by a fighter jet from the Black Sea.    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\">            In Kharkiv, Ukraine\u2019s second-largest city, a Russian bomb destroyed much of the Derzhprom building, one of the most celebrated landmarks, which is considered a cultural monument due to its modernist architecture.    <\/p>\n<\/p>\n<div>This post appeared first on cnn.com<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Russian Defense Ministry claimed Tuesday it had taken the Ukrainian town of Selydove, southeast of the key city of Pokrovsk in the Donetsk region. Russian forces have been advancing on Selydove in the last several weeks, according to frontline reports. It\u2019s part of Russia\u2019s ongoing assault and incremental territorial gains in eastern Ukraine. 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