Russian army claims capture of new village in eastern Ukraine

The Russian army is advancing. Russia claimed, Saturday, September 7, the capture of a new village in eastern Ukraine. Russian forces have “liberated the locality of Kalynove” in the Donetsk region, the Russian Defense Ministry said in a statement. The village is located about 35 kilometers from Pokrovsk, a major logistics hub that has been targeted by Russian troops for several weeks.

Despite a surprise cross-border attack launched by kyiv on August 6 in the Kursk region, Moscow continues to steadily gain ground in Ukraine’s Donetsk region, which remains the epicenter of the fighting. On Thursday, Russian President Vladimir Putin displayed his unwavering determination to conquer all of Donbass, the large industrial zone in eastern Ukraine, which includes the Donetsk region.

Vladimir Putin, however, said he was willing to hold talks with kyiv on the basis of those in spring 2022, if Ukraine requests it, while Moscow had previously said it ruled out any discussion due to the Ukrainian attack in the Kursk region.