Russian military forces have taken control of the eastern Ukrainian city of Pokrovsk, a strategic logistics hub on the E50 supply chain link from Kyiv to Ukraines eastern border region of Donetsk.
The Kremlins announcement on December 1 that it had taken control of the heavily bombed-out city came after weeks of intense fighting.
Reuters reports that President Vladimir Putin had been briefed on the liberation during a visit to a frontline command post.
