Moscow's forces have captured Velyka Novosilka in the Donetsk region and about to gain Toretsk, according to reports.

Moscow said on Friday that its forces had seized a handful of settlements in Donetsk since the start of the month.

Near the northernmost tip of Russia’s attack in Ukraine, Moscow’s troops have also made advances through the town of Dvorichina in the Kharkiv region. It is just north of the city of Kupyansk.

Russia’s Defense Ministry is claiming that its forces have captured the coal mining town of Toretsk, their latest ...

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