17:31 20-12-2025

Russian Forces Take Vysoke and Svitloe, MOD Reports

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Russia’s Defense Ministry reports taking Vysoke in Sumy region and Svitloe in the DPR.

Russian forces have taken control of the settlements of Vysoke in the Sumy region and Svitloe in the Donetsk People’s Republic, the Russian Ministry of Defense reported in its daily briefing.

Svitloe is located between Pokrovsk and Myrnohrad, while Vysoke lies close to the border with Russia’s Belgorod region. The Defense Ministry regularly reports on settlements coming under Russian control in the zone of the military operation. According to the ministry, eight settlements came under Russian control in the week leading up to December 12, including Seversk in the DPR. On December 17, the ministry also reported the capture of the village of Herasymivka in the Dnipropetrovsk region.

Pokrovsk had previously served as a key logistics and supply hub for Ukrainian units in the DPR. On December 1, Chief of the General Staff Valery Gerasimov reported to President Vladimir Putin on the capture of the city.

He added that the main task of the Center Group of Forces, which took Pokrovsk, is now the elimination of Ukrainian Armed Forces units encircled in the Myrnohrad area.