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Russia claimed new gains in its offensive into eastern Ukraine on Monday and announced the capture of three more villages as Kiev’s forces struggle to hold the line.
Russia’s Defense Ministry claimed on Monday that its forces had captured three more villages in eastern Ukraine, the latest gains in its slow-moving offensive.
The announcement came as Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky toured European capitals seeking additional aid for Ukraine’s exhausted military and its badly damaged energy grid.
According to Moscow, Russian troops captured Gai in the Dnipropetrovsk region, Platonovka in Donetsk and Dvorichanske in Kharkiv.
Large parts of eastern Ukraine have been destroyed since Russia launched a full-scale invasion in February 2022, forcing millions to flee and killing thousands.
Videos recently released by Russia’s Defense Ministry show newly captured front-line villages reduced to rubble by air strikes, with few, if any, residents left.
The fiercest fighting is currently centered around the strategic logistics hub of Pokrovsk, where Ukraine has acknowledged that hundreds of Russian troops have entered the city.
Despite its advantage in manpower and weapons along the vast frontier, Russia’s progress had been slow and costly due to heavy fortifications on both sides.
Meanwhile, US President Donald Trump’s efforts to push for a peace deal have hit a stalemate, with Moscow rejecting calls for a ceasefire and refusing to soften its regional demands.
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