Russian Armed Forces report to Putin the capture of the Ukrainian cities of Pokrovsk and Vovchansk

Moscow.- The Chief of the General Staff of the Russian Armed Forces informed Russian President Vladimir Putin this Tuesday of the capture of the Ukrainian cities of Pokrovsk (Donetsk) and Vovchansk (Kharkiv) during a visit by the president to the military command of the Russian troops fighting in Ukraine. «The forces of the Vostok (East) military grouping liberated the city of Krasnoarméisk (Russian name for Pokrovsk) and continue to annihilate enemy units in Dimitrov (Mirnograd, a satellite city of Pokrovsk)», Gerásimov noted during the meeting, broadcast on Russian public television. Putin, dressed in military uniform during the visit, thanked the military for taking this city and highlighted the importance of this sector of the Ukrainian front since it “will allow the solution of all the main missions posed from the beginning when we started the special military operation”. In addition, other high-ranking generals reported on the situation in the various sectors of the front in Ukraine.

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The commander of the Central military grouping, Valeri Solodchuk, reported on the annihilation of enemy forces blocked in the cities of Pokrovsk and Mirnograd, detailing the capture of the southern zone of the second city. «At the moment, the search and annihilation of the remnants of the small enemy groups that are trying to hide inside the city» of Pokrovsk is being carried out, the general pointed out. In addition, Solodchuk noted that conditions are being created for Ukrainian soldiers to surrender to Russian forces and denounced that many of them are killed by drones by their comrades in arms when they try to surrender. Andrei Ivaneev, commander of the Eastern military group, commented on the situation in the Zaporizhzhia and Dnipropetrovsk regions, where Russian troops reached the Gaichur River and began the battle for Huliaipole, an important Ukrainian stronghold in Zaporizhzhia. Putin thanked the commanders and forces for the success achieved and ordered to guarantee the troops everything necessary to fight in winter conditions.