Moscow claims capture of two villages in the East

The Ukrainian army, short of men and firepower, has been facing Russian attacks since last fall along the front line, which stretches for nearly 1,000 km.

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Ukrainian soldiers near the front line in Donetsk, Ukraine, on July 19, 2024. (ANATOLII STEPANOV / AFP)

The Russian army claimed, on Sunday, July 21, the capture of two small towns in eastern Ukraine, continuing to gain ground in certain parts of the front despite heavy losses, in the face of fewer Ukrainian forces.

“Units of the ‘West’ group liberated the localities of Rozovka [Andriïevka en ukrainien] and Peschanoya Nizhnyaya [Pichtchané en ukrainien]”, the Russian Defense Ministry said in its daily briefing. These small towns, very sparsely populated before the large-scale Russian attack in February 2022, are located in the Luhansk and Kharkiv regions, respectively, about fifteen kilometers from each other.

The Ukrainian army, short of men and firepower, has been facing Russian attacks along the front line, which stretches for nearly 1,000 km, since last fall. In the east, Russian forces have conquered several small towns in recent weeks.


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