– Russia claims new village near Pokrovsk
Russian strikes killed two people in Zaporizhia on Saturday. Eleven people were injured in Ukrainian artillery shelling and drone strikes on the town of Gorlivka.
Published today at 1:59 p.m.
A Ukrainian tank of 110th brigade ride in the field as he returns from a position at the frontline on Pokrovsk direction, Donetsk region, Ukraine, September 18, 2024. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka)
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Russia claimed Saturday the capture of a new village near Pokrovsk, a town which serves as a logistical node in eastern Ukraine and to which Russian forces have been gradually approaching for weeks.
“Thanks to active and decisive action, units of the Southern troop group liberated the village of Zhelanoye Vtoroye,” the Russian Defense Ministry said in its daily report. This locality is named Jélanné Drugué in Ukrainian.
This village is located southeast of the city of Ukraïnsk, which the Russian army captured at the end of September. In this sector of the front, Russian troops threaten the town of Pokrovsk, a key logistical hub for the Ukrainian army and where there are also major coal mines.
In Russian-occupied territories in eastern Ukraine, 11 people were injured Saturday in Ukrainian artillery shelling and drone strikes on the town of Gorlivka, according to its mayor Ivan Prikhodko.
A civilian was also injured in a Ukrainian drone attack in the Russian border region of Voronezh, its governor Alexander Gusev said on Telegram.
On the Ukrainian side, two people were killed in Russian strikes on the Zaporizhia region (south), announced its governor Ivan Fedorov.
AFP
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