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Russia claims capture of another village in east Ukraine

Ukrainian servicemen of the Shkval special battalion, 28th Separate Mechanized Brigade, ex-convicts, take part in military exercises at an unspecified location in the Donetsk region on July 26, 2024, amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine. [AFP]

Russia on Saturday claimed the capture of another village in eastern Ukraine's Donetsk region amid heavy fighting, as its forces advanced towards the city of Pokrovsk.

The defence ministry said Russian troops "liberated" the village of Lozuvatske, about 24 kilometres (15 miles) east of Pokrovsk and near the Russian-occupied small town of Ocheretyne.

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