Russian forces take over village in eastern Ukraine, TASS says

This handout photograph taken and released by the National Police of Ukraine on September 12, 2024, shows a burning trucks of the International Committee of the Red Cross, following an artillery shelling in the Donetsk region, amid the Russian invasion in Ukraine. (AFP)
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Russia said on Saturday it had recaptured another village in eastern Ukraine, where it has made a string of advances.
“The locality of Jelannoe Pervoe (Jelanne Perche in Ukrainian) was freed thanks to the active and decisive operations of the southern units,” the defense ministry said.
The village is located in the Pokrovsk district, an important logistical hub for the Ukrainian army.
Russian forces has advanced rapidly in the eastern region of Donetsk in recent weeks, putting pressure on a Ukrainian army that is short of both soldiers and weapons.