Russian forces have crossed the Dnipro, landed on an island, and claimed control of the villages of Varvarovka and Nikolaevka, where Ukrainian troops still holding out would need to cover 17 km to escape encirclement. Military commentator Dmitry Degtyaryov said Ukrainian forces inside the pocket had been eliminated and called the operation Russia's most successful this year. According to Russian reports, the campaign, officially named 'Medvezhy Ugol', closed the encirclement within a month and a half, seized 28 settlements and cleared an area of 460 km². Russia also says it took Dobropolye, its third city captured this year after Belitskoye and Konstantinovka, along with Sergeyevka in the Mezhevaya direction, and its forces have moved into Belozyorskoye. During a visit to an auxiliary command post, Putin chaired a meeting on tasks for the autumn-winter period.
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Original headline: Quân Nga đổ bộ, chiến dịch quy mô lớn nhất ngã ngũ: Bí ẩn báo cáo trình ông Putin về Medvezhy Ugol
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