OREANDA-NEWS  Units of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation were able to improve their positions in Grishino on the territory of the Donetsk People's Republic (DPR). This was stated by the head of the region Denis Pushilin in an interview with the Vesti information service.

"We are recording very fierce clashes in the [Dobropolsky] direction in the area of the Grishino settlement," the official said.

According to him, the Ukrainian troops are putting up serious resistance in the village.

Earlier, Pushilin said that the Russian Armed Forces improved their positions during the battles for the center of Konstantinovka in the DPR. According to the head of state, Russian troops have also advanced in the area of the railway station and in the eastern part of the city.