Overview
- The Russian Defense Ministry released video of a soldier with a Russian flag in Dvurechanskoye and said the settlement is under its control.
- The ministry credited the 9th Motorized Rifle Regiment of the “North” grouping, backed by artillery and a UAV unit, with taking the area.
- Officials said aerial reconnaissance tracked Ukrainian movements and FPV strike drones preemptively hit targets to disrupt logistics.
- Russian forces then reported clearing buildings, basements, and nearby areas of remaining Ukrainian units.
- DPR leader Denis Pushilin said many civilians remain in Krasnoarmeysk and Dimitrov and that planned evacuations are impeded by drone and artillery attacks, with no independent verification of these claims.