Putin announces total control of strategic Donetsk cities, ‘Kupyansk fully under our control...'

Vladimir Putin has publicly declared Pokrovsk—Donetsk’s crucial logistical hub—fully under Russian army control, calling it the ideal “bridgehead” for securing his war’s original goals. He brazenly challenged Western and even Ukrainian journalists to visit the battered city, vowing safe passage so the world can “see who controls it.”