Overview
- Russia’s Defense Ministry reported destroying two Ukrainian reconnaissance‑sabotage teams in Krasnoarmeysk and Rodinskoe in the Donetsk region.
- The ministry said seven unmanned aircraft carrying Ukrainian flags were shot down over Krasnoarmeysk, Dimitrov and Rodinskoe within the past day.
- Officials alleged Ukraine used so‑called Baba‑Yaga drones to place flags on rooftops as visual proof of continued control.
- State media published a ministry‑released video of captured serviceman Vladimir Vasyukov, who described the flag placement as a publicity action.
- The reports rely on Russian government statements with no independent corroboration in the cited coverage, and no Ukrainian response was included.