Reuters. Russian President Vladimir Putin visited a military command post on Sunday (November 30) and heard reports from top commanders of the capture of the towns of Pokrovsk and Vovchansk, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov was quoted as saying on Monday (December 1).
Kremlin published footage late on Monday night showing Putin being greeted by the Valery Gerasimov, chief of the Russian military's General Staff at a joint forces command post.
The Russian president was then briefed by Gerasimov and other top commanders. Gerasimov informed Putin that Russian forces had captured the towns of Pokrovsk (called Krasnoarmeysk in Russian) in (the Donetsk region) and Vovchansk in Kharkiv region, as well as the results of other military offensive actions of in other sectors.
Putin told Gerasimov and other senior commander the capture of the key Ukrainian town of Pokrovsk would enable the military to proceed with its tasks in its offensive operations in Ukraine.
"This is an important direction. We all understand just how important. It will ensure solutions going forward to the tasks we initially set at the beginning of the special military operation," Putin was quoted as saying during a visit on Sunday to a command post.
Russia refers to its more than 3-1/2-year-old invasion of Ukraine as a special military operation.
Ukrainian officials have made no acknowledgement that either town has fallen into Russian hands.
