Russia's 'West' battlegroup completing capture of Krasny Liman: Defense Ministry

MOSCOW, July 4 : Russia's Zapad (West) battlegroup is completing the capture of the settlement of Krasny Liman (Lyman), head of the Russian General Staff's Main Operational Directorate Sergei Rudskoy said on Saturday.

"The Zapad battlegroup is completing the capture of the city of Krasny Liman," Rudskoy said at a briefing at the Russian Defense Ministry.

On Friday, Chief of the General Staff of the Russian armed forces Valery Gerasimov reported to Russian President Vladimir Putin that Russian forces had fully liberated Konstantinovka (Kostyantynivka) in the Donetsk People's Republic (DPR). Putin called the event the key to liberating the entire territory of the DPR, noting that it opens a direct path for advancing toward Slavyansk and Kramatorsk. (UNI)