The Chief of the General Staff of the Russian Federation declared control of Alekseev-Druzhkovka in the DPR
Units of the "Southern" group of soldiers took control of the Alekseevo-Drozhkovka settlement in the DPR, said the Chief of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation Valery Gerasimov. "The soldiers of the group liberated the city of Alekseevo-Drozhkovka," Gerasimov reported to Russian President Vladimir Putin.