Russian Defence Ministry says its troops capture another village in eastern Ukraine
The Hindu
Russian forces advance in eastern Ukraine, capturing villages as they push towards Donetsk, despite Ukrainian resistance in Pokrovsk.
The Russian Defence Ministry said on Thursday (March 6, 2025) its forces had captured another village in eastern Ukraine as it advances westward through the region of Donetsk more than three years into its invasion of its smaller neighbour.
A Ministry statement said Russian forces had captured the village of Andriivka — west of the logistics centre of Kurakhove, which Moscow said it had taken in early January.
The General Staff of Ukraine's military made no mention of Andriivka falling into Russian hands. But in a late evening report, it mentioned the settlement as one of five that had come under attack during 17 attempts by Russian forces to pierce Ukrainian defences in the Pokrovsk sector in Donetsk region.
The report said one armed clash was still going on late in the evening.
The unofficial Ukrainian military blog DeepState, which outlines the frontline positions of both sides based on open sources, said it was uncertain who controlled Andriivka.
Reuters could not independently verify battlefield accounts from either side.
Russia's military has concentrated on securing Ukraine's eastern Donbas, made up of Donetsk and Luhansk regions, after failing in the weeks after the February 2022 invasion to advance on the capital Kyiv.
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