Russian forces capture a village in Donetsk
4/11/2024 5:48
Russia's military said on Sunday that
its forces had taken control of the village of Vyshneve in
Ukraine's eastern Donetsk region as they pursue their advance
toward the logistical centre of Pokrovsk.
Ukraine's General Staff made no mention of the village
falling into Russian hands, but reported fighting in the
vicinity.
Popular Ukrainian war blog DeepState acknowledged the loss
of Vyshneve and said Russian forces were moving on an adjacent
village.
Ukraine's General Staff, in an afternoon report on Facebook,
said Russian forces had launched 19 attacks on the Pokrovsk
sector of the 1,000-km (600-mile) front line in eastern Ukraine.
"In containing the pressure, the defence forces repelled
enemy attacks," it said. "The occupying forces are focusing
their efforts on the villages of Promin and Vyshneve."
DeepState said Russian forces were "becoming active near
Hryhorivka," a village west of Vyshneve on the way to Pokrovsk.
"They are trying, with infantry, to advance in forested
areas along a rail line and they wanted to move into the village
and gain a foothold," it said. "Fortunately, this attempt was
unsuccessful."
Vyshneve is near Selydove, a major town whose capture was
announced by the Russian military last week. On Saturday, the
Russian defence ministry said it had captured two other villages
on the eastern front.
Russian forces have focused on taking over all the Donbas -
made up of Donetsk and Luhansk regions - after making an initial
unsuccessful push on the capital Kyiv in the days after their
February 2022 invasion of Ukraine.
In September, Russian forces advanced at their fastest rate
since March 2022, according to open source data, despite Ukraine
seizing a part of Russia's southern Kursk region.
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