Moscow Reports Seizure of Village in Donetsk Region

(MENAFN) Russia claimed on Saturday that its forces have taken control of the village of Brusivka in Ukraine’s eastern Donetsk region, according to a statement from the Russian Defense Ministry.

The village is located roughly 14 kilometers (8.7 miles) northeast of Sloviansk, one of Ukraine’s last remaining strongholds in the area outside Kramatorsk, which serves as the administrative center after Moscow’s capture of Donetsk in 2014.

Meanwhile, Ukraine’s General Staff reported that Russian troops conducted nine assaults near five settlements along the Lyman front, including the town of Lyman, about 9 kilometers (5.6 miles) north of Brusivka.

Ukrainian authorities have not responded directly to Russia’s latest claim, and independent verification remains difficult due to the ongoing conflict, which entered its fifth year last month.

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