# Expert identifies area with highest concentration of Ukrainian forces near Sloviansk and Kramatorsk

https://mins.news/en/item/94908

- TASS, 2026-10-11 01:25 UTC
- World
- Original: https://tass.com/defense/2200415

> Military expert Andrey Marochko told TASS that Ukrainian forces are most concentrated in the west of Krasny Liman and near Nikolayevka, in the Slavyansk-Kramatorsk agglomeration of the DPR. He said Ukraine had substantially reinforced those areas and that Russian personnel were engaged in fierce clashes and thwarting its plans.

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