Russia says captured two more eastern Ukrainian villages
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Rescuers work at the site of a missile attack in the Lugansk region, which Russia claims to have annexed.
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MOSCOW – Russia said on June 11 it captured two more villages in eastern Ukraine, in the latest in a string of gains for Moscow on the battlefield.
Russian forces have been advancing into Ukraine for weeks, and the fall of the villages comes days before an international summit on Ukraine
Moscow’s Defence Ministry said Russian forces took Timkovka in the north-eastern Kharkiv region and Miasozharivka, calling it by its Russian name of Artemovka, in the eastern Lugansk region.
Russia launched a fresh offensive in the Kharkiv region in May.
Miasozharivka lies in the north of the Lugansk region, which Russia has claimed to have annexed, near the border with the Kharkiv region.
Russia has made gains in Ukraine this spring and early summer as Kyiv’s forces have struggled with a lack of men and ammunition. AFP
