Krasny

“In connection with the creation of a threat of encirclement, allied troops were withdrawn from the settlement of Krasny Liman to more advantageous lines,” the defence ministry said, using the Russian name of the town.

Valuyki and Krasny Khutor are among dozens of small settlements in Russia that the Russian military uses as a staging ground, putting them in the middle of Moscow’s faltering invasion and Kyiv’s mounting counteroffensive.

But the company, Krasny Oktyabr, still makes and sells candy and other traditional treats from a production plant on the outskirts of Russia.

Mykola Krasny, the head of public affairs of Ukrainian military intelligence.

“We see it as a deliberate policy to draft soldiers from depressed regions of Russia,” Colonel Krasny said.