00:00In a major battlefield breakthrough for Moscow, Russian troops have fully seized the frontline
00:26stronghold of Bukrovsk, known to Russia as Krasno-Armeysk, raising their flag over the shattered city center.
00:34The Kremlin is calling it one of the most significant gains in eastern Ukraine this year,
00:39and a turning point in the grinding Russia-Ukraine war.
00:45Russia's Ministry of Defense has released new frontline footage from the heart of Krasno-Armeysk,
00:51showing soldiers sprinting between ruined buildings, clearing block after block of what
00:56had become a fortress city for Kyiv's forces.
01:00The Russian flag now flies above the central square, a moment broadcast across state channels
01:06as confirmation that the city is family under Moscow's control.
01:11General Valery Gerasimov personally briefed President Vladimir Putin,
01:15reporting the complete liberation not only of Bukrovsk, but also of Volchansk in Kharkov region.
01:23Pokrovsk is not just another frontline settlement. It sits at the heart of a major rail and road junction,
01:29part of a larger urban cluster that has long served as a logistical lifeline for Ukrainian
01:35forces across Donetsk. Russian commanders say the city's fall collapses a critical supply chain,
01:41tightening Moscow's grip over the region. For weeks, Ukrainian troops in the Krasno-Armeysk,
01:47Dmitrov agglomeration, had been encircled. With Dmitrov also now under Russian control,
01:53the Kremlin argues the pocket has effectively disintegrated.
01:57According to Gerasimov's report to Putin, Russian forces have begun pushing Ukrainian
02:02troops out of Guliapole in the Zaporozhia region, widening their advance and putting fresh
02:08pressure on Kyiv's defensive lines. Just days ago, Putin warned that Ukraine's entire front
02:14across Zaporozhia could collapse after Russian units bypassed several fortified areas at speed,
02:21a warning now appearing less like rhetoric and more like a battlefield signal. The announcement
02:26came at a pivotal diplomatic moment. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy was in Paris,
02:36seeking European backing for a US-supported peace framework. Meanwhile, US envoy Steve Witkoff is
02:44preparing to meet Vladimir Putin in Moscow, as Washington pushes its own plan to bring the war to an end.
02:52Against this backdrop, Moscow is framing the capture of Pokrovsk as proof that Russia
02:56holds decisive military leverage heading into any negotiations.
03:00The images from Krasnoelmeysk, deserted streets, shattered high-rises and a raised Russian flag
03:09signal a new phase in the conflict. For the Kremlin, it is a symbolic and strategic win. For Ukraine,
03:15it is another major loss along an already overstretched eastern front. As diplomats trade proposals and the
03:22battlefield continues to shift, one thing is clear. The fall of Pokrovsk may reshape the next chapter of
03:28this wall.
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