MOSCOW, February 12. /TASS/. Russian forces have seized control of the Krasnaya Gora village near Artyomovsk in the Donetsk People’s Republic, Yevegeny Prigozhin, the founder of the Wagner private military company, said on Sunday.

"The Krasnaya Gora settlement has been taken by PMC Wagner’s assault units today," Prigozhin said, according to the Telegram channel of his press service.

The channel is also showing photos and video footage that confirm the capture of the settlement.

Denis Pushilin, the interim head of the Donetsk People’s Republic, said earlier that fighting had moved to the outskirts of Artyomovsk, the neighborhoods that had been held by Ukrainian troops just recently.