A serviceman of the 25th Separate Airborne Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine launches a combat drone at his frontline position, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, near Pokrovsk, Donetsk region, Ukraine August 31, 2024. Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty/Serhii Nuzhnenko via REUTERS/File Photo
(Reuters) - President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Thursday that Ukrainian forces had reduced the potential of Russian troops to launch attacks in Donetsk region on the eastern front of the more than 2 1/2-year-old war.
Zelenskiy, speaking in his nightly video address after conferring with commanders, said the military was doing its utmost "for the resilience of our battle brigades".
