Overview

• Denis Pushilin said Russian positions had improved and troops were advancing near Yampol on the Krasnoliman axis.
• He described fighting there as serious, focusing on the settlement’s north‑eastern sector.
• The remarks aired on Rossiya 24 and were published by RIA Novosti on September 24.
• Russia’s Defense Ministry later said Ukraine had concentrated up to 19 battalions in the sector and that the West grouping was finishing the capture of Kirovsk in the DNR.
• No independent sources had corroborated these battlefield claims at the time of publication.