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Interfax says Russian forces capture village in Donetsk

Sunday, 28 April 2024 3:24 PM [ Last Update: Sunday, 28 April 2024 3:24 PM ]

A woman gestures before a damaged apartment hit by recent shelling of Ukrainian forces in Russian-controlled Donetsk, on April 26, 2024. (Photo by AFP)

Russian forces have gained control of another village in Donetsk as the Ukrainian leader pleads once more to his Western partners to provide Kiev with more arms and munitions to stop Moscow's continuous victories.

The Interfax news agency on Sunday cited Russia's defense ministry as saying Novobakhmutivka, a village in eastern Ukraine close to Ocheretyne, has come under the control of Russian troops. The village had been a focal point of fierce fighting in recent days.

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It added that Russian troops also repelled a series of Ukrainian counter-attacks near Chasiv Yar, another key point in the region where the sides have clashed repeatedly.

Russian troops have made notable gains in the eastern Donetsk region over the last week, demonstrating Russia's advantage in manpower and ammunition on the battlefield.

On Saturday, Russian troops managed to drive "deep" into Ukrainian defensive lines in Donetsk.

"As the result of active operations, the 'Center' troop unit liberated the village of Novobakhmutivka in the Donetsk People's Republic," Russia's defense ministry said in its daily battlefield briefing.

Novobakhmutivka is about 10 kilometers north of Avdiivka, which Russia captured in February.

Earlier this week, a source close to Ukraine's armed forces, blamed the leaders of Ukrainian units in the area for the "collapse of defenses throughout the region, causing considerable losses."

Russia noted that the Ukrainian military commanders had conceded that the Kiev forces had deteriorated while Russian troops were achieving "tactical successes" in the area.

Earlier this month, Ukraine's head of intelligence at the ministry of defense, Kyrylo Budanov, said the battlefield situation was likely to worsen for Ukraine around mid-May to early June.

On Saturday, Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky repeated his pleas to his Western allies to further support him by providing more arms and munitions for Kiev's forces to fight against Russian troops.