Russia says its forces capture Dalne village in eastern Ukraine

22/11/2024 18:24

        Russia's Defence Ministry said on Thursday that its forces had captured the eastern Ukrainian village of Dalne in the Donetsk region, a focal point of their advance in the 33-month-old war.
        
        Ukraine's General Staff made no acknowledgement of Dalne being in Russian hands.
        
        The Ukrainian military's late report mentioned the village as one of seven in an area where Russian forces had tried to pierce Ukrainian defences 26 times over the past 24 hours. It said 10 of 16 armed clashes in the area continued.
        
        "The dynamics of fighting for this village have not been to our advantage in recent days," DeepState said. Russian troops, it said, "have already raised their flag in the village and the enemy has already taken up positions in all parts of it."
        
        After failing to advance on the capital Kyiv in the first weeks of the February 2022 invasion, Russian troops have focused on capturing the Donbas, an area made up of Donetsk and Luhansk regions.
        
        They have seized village after village in their steady westward advance through Donetsk region.