The Ministry of Defense in Moscow has reported that its troops have taken Krasnoarmeysk in Donbass<\/p>\n
The Russian Ministry of Defense has released frontline footage of its forces operating in the key logistics hub of Krasnoarmeysk (Pokrovsk) in the Donetsk People\u2019s Republic.
\nThe city is now fully under the control of\u00a0Moscow\u2019s forces as of Monday, along with Volchansk in Ukraine\u2019s Kharkov Region, the chief of Russia\u2019s General Staff, Valery Gerasimov, told Russian President Vladimir Putin during a visit to a command post on November 30.
\nIn the raw video footage provided by the MOD, soldiers of Russia\u2019s Center joint group of forces can be seen sprinting from cover to cover and clearing buildings in Krasnoarmeysk.<\/p>\n
As part of a large urban cluster and a key rail and road junction, the city serves as an important logistical hub.
\nUkrainian forces in the Krasnoarmeysk-Dimitrov\u00a0area have been encircled for weeks, with the latter city now under Russian control, according to the Kremlin.
\nRussian forces have also begun to push Ukrainian troops out of Gulyaypole in Zaporozhye Region, according to Gerasimov\u2019s report to Putin.
\nLast week, Putin warned that Ukraine\u2019s entire battle line across Zaporozhye Region could collapse after a rapid Russian advance bypassed its fortifications.
\nThe Kremlin has maintained that it prefers a diplomatic solution to the Ukraine conflict but has said that it will push towards its goals militarily while Kiev refuses to compromise in the peace talks.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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