MOSCOW, Jan 29 – Russia’s defence ministry said on Wednesday that its troops had taken control of the village of Novoielyzavetivka in Ukraine’s eastern Donetsk region, near the logistics centre of Pokrovsk, the latest target in their steady advance westward.
Reuters could not independently confirm the battlefield report.
The General Staff of Ukraine’s military made no mention of the village in a late evening report.
It reported “intensive” Russian activity in the Pokrovsk sector, with Ukrainian forces repelling 39 attacks by Moscow’s forces and nine clashes continuing.
The popular Ukrainian military blog DeepState, which records military positions on the basis of open source materials, showed
Novoielyzavetivka to be under Russian occupation.
REUTERS