Kimakovsky: the capture of Nevelsky will increase pressure on the Ukrainian Armed Forces in Krasnogorovka. In the battles for this settlement, Ukrainian troops lost several hundred military personnel and dozens of pieces of equipment, the agency’s interlocutor added.

On March 12, the Ministry of Defense reported that Russian units liberated the village of NeVELskoye in the Donetsk direction in the DPR. The village is located west of Donetsk, in the territory of the Donetsk People's Republic.