Russian forces have captured the village of Nelipivka in Donetsk region, in eastern Ukraine, it was reported Interfax agency, citing today's statement of the Russian Ministry of Defense, reported BTA.
Reuters clarifies that it cannot independently confirm this information.
In recent weeks, the Russian army has accelerated its advance in the Donetsk region, capturing a number of towns and villages, according to Reuters.
The Russian Defense Ministry announced yesterday that its forces repelled six new attempts by the Armed Forces of Ukraine to enter the southwestern Kursk region. The ministry added that the Russian army has taken control of the village of Makeevka in eastern Ukraine's Luhansk region, Reuters reported.
The ministry announced on the Telegram social network that its forces, with air and artillery support, repelled the attempts of the Ukrainian Armed Forces to enter the Kursk region near the village of Novy Put, about 80 km away. from the city of Suja – a strategic settlement from where Russian natural gas is exported to Europe via Ukraine. On August 6, the Ukrainian Armed Forces carried out the largest foreign invasion of Russia since World War II, crossing the border into Kursk Oblast, supported by drones and heavy weaponry, including Western-made.
Earlier this month, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said that his forces control a hundred settlements in Kursk Oblast, an area of more than 1,300 square km. Russian sources dispute these figures, and Russia has said it has retaken some settlements in a counterattack.