LUGANSK, October 21. /TASS/. Russian servicemen liberated Timoshevka in the Zaporozhye Region, cutting off one of the Ukrainian armed forces’ key logistics routes, the Omelnik-Nikolskoye highway. Further advances by Russian forces in the area will cut off supplies to the enemy’s Orekhov grouping, military expert Andrey Marochko told TASS.

"The liberation of Timoshevka shows that our troops have practically cut off one of the enemy’s key logistics routes, namely the Omelnik-Nikolskoye highway. Ukrainian militants have already tried to use other supply routes, but this highway remains one of the enemy’s key routes in any case," he said.

Marochko added that as Russian forces advance west of Timoshevka, Russian servicemen will "cut off supplies to the Orekhov grouping of Ukrainian militants."

The Russian Defense Ministry announced the liberation of Timoshevka in the Zaporozhye Region on October 20.