Ukraine said that its armed forces repel Russian attacks near the village of Belogorovka (Bilokhorivka in Ukrainian) in the eastern Luhansk region, which Russia announced earlier in the day that it had captured, Reuters reported, as quoted by BTA.
"Today, the defense forces have been holding off the advance of the enemy, who is trying to advance in the Belogorovka region, for a long time,'' the Ukrainian General Staff said on Facebook.