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.