Moscow has made gains toward Kiev’s remaining strongholds in the Donetsk People’s Republic
The Russian Defense Ministry released footage on Sunday showing drone operators disrupting a Ukrainian troop rotation in a key sector of the front line in the northern part of Russia’s Donetsk People’s Republic (DPR).
The action took place in the Krasny Liman sector, where Russian forces are conducting operations against the remaining Ukrainian troops, according to the military. Krasny Liman is around 17 km northeast of Slavyansk, which, along with Kramatorsk, makes up Ukraine’s principal remaining defensive hub in Donbass.
“FPV drone operators from the West group of forces detected and disrupted a rotation of Ukrainian Armed Forces units in the Krasny Liman sector,” the Russian Defense Ministry said. “Enemy personnel were eliminated by precision strikes.”
Russia has advanced toward the Slavyansk-Kramatorsk agglomeration in recent months, taking the longstanding stronghold of Konstantinovka last month after encircling the city from multiple directions, effectively cutting it in half and surrounding part of its Ukrainian garrison.
On Sunday, the Russian Defense Ministry announced that it liberated two more villages near Kramatorsk: Vasyutinskoe, to the east to the fortress city, and Toretskoe, to its southwest. The advances put Russian forces closer to the stronghold from two directions, with Toretskoe located around 15 km from the stronghold’s outskirts.
