"Russia claimed the capture of the strategic eastern Ukrainian town of Pokrovsk, the logistics hub that has been under attack for months by Moscow's forces. It also claimed control of Vovchansk town in the northeastern Kharkiv region. The Russian Ministry of Defence posted a video purportedly showing Russian soldiers raising their country's flag over the central square in Pokrovsk, known in Russian as Krasnoarmeysk."
"Putin called the move important and said that it will ensure solutions going forward to the tasks we initially set at the beginning of the special military operation. Chief of the Russian General Staff Valery Gerasimov told Putin that Russian forces were determined to press on with the capture of the entire Donbas area an industrial area made up of Ukraine's Donetsk and Luhansk regions, according to TASS."
"The Russian Defence Ministry also claimed the capture on Monday of the settlement of Klynove in Ukraine's Donetsk region. Ukraine's DeepState military blog said on Monday that Russian forces captured some 505 sq km (195 sq miles) of Ukrainian territory in November, almost twice the amount captured in October. The open source mapping group said Russian forces were the most successful in the area around Huliaipole in the southeastern Zaporizhia region."
Russian forces launched a ballistic missile on Dnipro, killing four people and wounding 40. Russia claimed capture of the strategic eastern town of Pokrovsk, a logistics hub under months-long attack, and claimed control of Vovchansk in Kharkiv region. The Russian Defence Ministry posted video purportedly showing soldiers raising a flag over Pokrovsk's central square. Russian military commanders reportedly informed President Vladimir Putin, who called the move important, and Chief of the General Staff Valery Gerasimov said forces would press on to capture the entire Donbas. Ukrainian officials have not confirmed the claimed territorial gains. Open-source reports put November gains at about 505 sq km.
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