According to Reuters, the ministry said four settlements in the Donetsk region, the center of Russia’s westward expansion, are now under its control, including Yanpil, east of the Ukrainian-controlled city of Sloviask.
Ukraine announced Thursday that Yanpil remains under its control despite Russia’s infiltration attempts.
Russian military chief of staff Valery Gerasimov announced Thursday that Russian forces had captured the largely destroyed city of Kupiansk, a charge Ukraine denied.
On Friday, Kiev said Russian forces had launched six attacks on Kupiansk, but said nothing about regime change.
A Russian Defense Ministry statement on Friday said three other villages in the Donetsk region – Stavkiy, Novoselevka and Maslyakivka – are now under Moscow’s control, as well as one village in the neighboring Dnipropetrovsk region.
The evening front report of the Ukrainian General Staff noted that Mr. Stavky and Mr. Novoselevka were in an area under Russian attack, but made no mention of territorial losses.
Ukraine announced Thursday that Yanpil remains under its control despite Russia’s infiltration attempts.
Russian military chief of staff Valery Gerasimov announced Thursday that Russian forces had captured the largely destroyed city of Kupiansk, a charge Ukraine denied.
On Friday, Kiev said Russian forces had launched six attacks on Kupiansk, but said nothing about regime change.
A Russian Defense Ministry statement on Friday said three other villages in the Donetsk region – Stavkiy, Novoselevka and Maslyakivka – are now under Moscow’s control, as well as one village in the neighboring Dnipropetrovsk region.
The evening front report of the Ukrainian General Staff noted that Mr. Stavky and Mr. Novoselevka were in an area under Russian attack, but made no mention of territorial losses.
For months, fighting along a 1,200-kilometre (775-mile) front has been central to Russia’s attempts to advance toward the Pokrovsk logistics center.
MNA