Granted rare access inside the Kremlin, CNN's Fred Pleitgen attends a meeting between Russian president Vladimir Putin and the president of Kazakhstan. | CNN International

The #Kremlin released dramatic footage of President #VladimirPutin in army fatigues receiving battlefield briefings at a forward command post, where senior generals claimed sweeping gains across eastern #Ukraine. #Russia’s top brass reported the full capture of Pokrovsk — #Krasnoarmeysk in #Soviet-era naming—and ongoing clearance of remaining Ukrainian units. Putin praised his troops as “confidently maintaining the initiative” and “advancing on virtually all fronts.” Watch #RussiaUkraineWar #Put