Overview
- Russia’s Defense Ministry reports the ‘Center’ grouping is pressing urban assaults in the Donetsk region, saying its units improved their tactical position.
- Assault groups of the 2nd Army are clearing Krasnoarmeysk’s Centralny and Gornyak neighborhoods and the western industrial zone, with additional sweeps reported in Rovnoye.
- The 51st Army is conducting active operations in Dimitrov’s Vostochny and Zapadny districts and in the city’s south, according to the ministry.
- The ministry claims encircled Ukrainian formations were destroyed and says four Ukrainian servicemen surrendered, adding that strikes hit personnel and equipment of multiple brigades in several nearby settlements.
- Video released by the ministry and carried by RIA shows Russian troops moving freely in Krasnoarmeysk’s Shakhtersky district, as officials cite medical aid, evacuations and explosive-ordnance clearance in areas described as liberated.