Russia announced on Saturday that its forces had taken control of two additional villages in Ukraine's Donetsk region Russian forces captured the villages of Petropavlivka and Vremivka The ministry also reported carrying out strikes on Ukraine's military industry facilities including the headquarters of the Luch Design Bureau in Kyiv which is responsible for producing long-range guided Neptune missiles and ammunition for Olkha multiple rocket launchers The strikes were a response to Kyiv's attacks on Russian regions using US-supplied ATACMS missiles Ukraine has not yet commented on these claims which remain unverified due to the ongoing conflict Russian forces also advanced into the Donetsk region The units of the Russian military group Center have taken control of the village of Vozdvizhenka in the Donetsk People's Republic This was announced by the Russian Ministry of Defense in a statement "As a result of the offensive actions that were conducted the units of the group Center have liberated the village of Vozdvizhenka in the Donetsk People's Republic," the statement reads Also yesterday, Russian forces advanced in the Donetsk region, occupying two localities, Vremivka and Petropavlivka. According to a note issued yesterday by the Ministry of Defense “as a result of successful offensive actions units of the Center military grouping liberated the settlement of Petropavlivka located in the Donetsk People's Republic” Russian media reported that Ukrainian forces had also been defeated in the village of Vremivka the enemy was eliminated,” a military source told the Russian agency “Tass” Read also other news on Nova News Click here and receive updates on WhatsApp Follow us on the social channels of Nova News on Twitter, LinkedIn, Instagram, Telegram As of the evening of January 21, 109 combat engagements had taken place on the frontlines, with Russian forces launching their most intense attacks in the Pokrovsk direction, reports the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine the enemy has carried out two missile strikes 52 airstrikes using four missiles and 64 guided aerial bombs and nearly 5,000 artillery shellings targeting Ukrainian forces and civilian settlements with various types of weapons where Russian forces also conducted an airstrike on Vovchanski Khutory the enemy made ten attempts to dislodge Ukrainian units from positions near Dvorichna The Russian army launched 13 attacks in the Lyman direction Enemy aircraft also targeted Nadiya with unguided rockets the Russian army attempted to advance towards Ivano-Darivka but Ukrainian forces successfully repelled the attack the Defense Forces fended off six enemy attempts to push forward near the settlements of Chasiv Yar and Fedorivka The enemy attempted to breach Ukrainian defenses six times in the Toretsk direction occupiers received strong resistance from Ukrainian defenders five times near Toretsk the enemy carried out airstrikes on Druzhba and Kostiantynivka The enemy is intensively attacking Ukrainian defenders in the Pokrovsk direction the Russian army launched 54 assault and offensive actions The highest activity of Russian forces has been reported in the areas of Vodiane Druhe Ukrainian defenders have repelled 47 attacks in the region the enemy's losses in this direction total 239 personnel and one artillery piece have been destroyed two enemy artillery pieces have been damaged three enemy assault actions were stopped as the Russian army attempted to advance on Ukrainian positions near Kostyantynopil and Velyka Novosilka the enemy launched one attack on Ukrainian positions near Kamianske the Russian army carried out an airstrike in the area of Novoandriivka Our forces repelled two attacks by the Russian army in the Prydniprovskyi direction the enemy has not carried out any active actions since the start of the day Seven combat engagements took place today in the Kursk direction the enemy launched 21 airstrikes (27 guided aerial bombs) and carried out 434 artillery shellings including 16 from multiple rocket launchers (MLRS) In just the past 24 hours, Russian army losses amounted to 1,600 personnel. yesterday Ukrainian forces destroyed 12 tanks This was reported on Facebook by the press service of the Main Department of the National Police in the Kharkiv region the enemy fired a FAB-500 high-explosive bomb at the village of Petropavlivka There were no casualties," the statement said It hit a vegetable garden and greenhouses on the territory of a private house a missile hit a field near the village. Several hits were recorded: two within the village and one outside the village A 54-year-old man was injured and taken to hospital the village of Nechvolodivka was shelled with Smerch multiple rocket launchers Investigators opened criminal proceedings over the violation of the laws and customs of war under Article 438 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine according to the head of the Kupiansk District Military Administration Russian troops have been shelling the district's civilian infrastructure more frequently and intensively over the past two to three days While citing and using any materials on the Internet links to the website ukrinform.net not lower than the first paragraph are mandatory citing the translated materials of foreign media outlets is possible only if there is a link to the website ukrinform.net and the website of a foreign media outlet Materials marked as "Advertisement" or with a disclaimer reading "The material has been posted in accordance with Part 3 of Article 9 of the Law of Ukraine "On Advertising" No 1996 and the Law of Ukraine "On the Media" No 2023 and on the basis of an agreement/invoice Online media entity; Media identifier - R40-01421 Russia’s defence ministry says its forces now control two more settlements in eastern Ukraine; Kyiv says ‘heinous’ attack kills three in capital Russian forces took control of two more settlements in eastern Ukraine’s Donetsk region the latest in a series of gains it has reported in its steady advance westward Russia’s defence ministry said its forces were now in control of Petropavlivka a village between the towns of Pokrovsk and Kurakhove focal points in fighting in recent months in the area one of a cluster of small towns farther south in the Donetsk region Ukrainian military statements made no mention of either of the two villages changing hands but referred to heavy fighting near the key city of Pokrovsk A Russian missile strike on the Ukrainian capital killed three people on Saturday while Moscow described it as “retaliation” Ukrainian officials said another three people were killed in Russian strikes elsewhere in the country and Moscow claimed fresh advances on the ground Kyiv officials said the victims were two men while AFP reported a multi-storey building with windows blown out and the charred facade of a damaged McDonald’s outlet The office of Ukraine’s general prosecutor said in a statement that the casualties included a security guard at a food establishment and people who were in a minibus on the street The Russian foreign ministry said Ukraine and Britain “had no room” for cooperation in the Sea of Azov, commenting on a new 100-year partnership agreement between Kyiv and London the two countries’ leaders announced on Thursday “Any claims to this water area are a gross interference in the internal affairs of our country and will be firmly resisted,” spokesperson Maria Zakharova said on the ministry’s website The Azov Sea is bordered by south-west Russia parts of southern Ukraine that Russia has seized in the war and the Crimean peninsula that Moscow annexed from Ukraine in 2014 Hundreds of Swedish troops arrived in Latvia on Saturday to join a Canadian-led multinational brigade along Nato’s eastern flank a mission Sweden is calling its most significant operation so far as a member of the western defence alliance Latvia borders Russia to its east and Russia ally Belarus to its south-east Tensions are high across central Europe due to Russia’s war against Ukraine Sweden’s armed forces said the mission of 550 troops “marks Sweden’s largest commitment yet since joining Nato” last year other simulator drones and four ballistic missiles in the early hours of Saturday Ukrainian air defence forces shot down two missiles and 24 drones A further 14 drone simulators were lost in location Industrial sites in Russia’s Kaluga and Tula regions were set ablaze by Ukrainian drone attacks Russia’s defence ministry said 46 Ukrainian drones had been destroyed across the country overnight Since the beginning of the day on November 14 there have been 88 combat engagements at the front Russian forces are primarily attacking in the Kurakhove direction according to the General Staff of the Ukrainian Armed Forces were affected by enemy artillery and mortar fire today one combat engagement took place near the settlement of Hlyboke Russian forces attacked Ukrainian Defense Forces ten times in the areas of Holubivka the Russian army carried out seven attacks on Ukrainian positions near Katerynivka The enemy also launched airstrikes using unguided rockets in the Serebrianskyi forest Russian forces attempted to find weaknesses in Ukrainian defenses near Verkhniokamianske Two combat engagements were completed without success for the enemy Chasiv Yar was hit by an airstrike with a guided bomb Ukrainian defenders repelled four assault attempts by the enemy near Dyliivka Russian forces made 14 attempts to dislodge Ukrainian defenders from positions near Promin Ukrainian Defense Forces held the line and repelled eight attacks the enemy launched 25 attacks toward the settlements of Berestky Eighteen attempts to advance were already repelled the enemy dropped four guided aerial bombs on Romanivka and Dachne the enemy tried to breach Ukrainian defenses eight times near Trudove the enemy did not conduct offensive actions Russian forces launched two assaults on Defense Forces positions near Novodanylivka the enemy was defeated after two attacks on Ukrainian defensive lines there are no significant changes," added the General Staff According to the General Staff, on November 13, there were 161 combat engagements with the heaviest attacks occurring in the Pokrovsk and Kurakhove directions Since the start of the full-scale war, Russia lost over 716,000 personnel. In the past day alone, Defense Forces eliminated 1,690 more soldiers and destroyed 19 tanks You don't have permission to access the page you requested What is this page?The website you are visiting is protected.For security reasons this page cannot be displayed Since the beginning of January 29, 91 combat clashes have occurred at the front. Russian forces are most actively attacking in the Pokrovsk direction, according to the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine The enemy attacked our positions eight times in the Kupiansk direction Ukrainian defenders repelled enemy assaults near Petropavlivka enemy units attacked in the areas of the settlements of Novoyehorivka the enemy made five attempts to push our defenders from their positions near Verkhniokamianske but they were repelled Ukrainian defenders repelled seven enemy assaults near Novomarkove Ukrainian defenders repelled one enemy attack near Toretsk the Russian army made 39 attempts to push our defenders from their positions near the settlements of Vodiane Druhe have already repelled 27 attacks in this direction The enemy is suffering significant losses in manpower the invaders made six attacks on Ukrainian positions near the settlements of Kostiantynopil the enemy did not conduct active operations Ukrainian defenders repelled two attacks by Russian troops today since the beginning of the full-scale war against Ukraine In particular, over the past 24 hours, the losses of the Russian forces amounted to 1,670 personnel 144 combat engagements took place on the frontline Russia put the most pressure on the Kurakhove sector according to the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine missile troops and artillery of the Ukrainian Defense Forces struck two times at Russian concentrations of manpower and four ammunition depots were destroyed,” Ukraine's General Staff writes Russia attacked 4 times near Hlyboke and Vovchansk 11 Russian attacks were repelled in Holubivka Russians attacked 9 times near Katerynivka 2 Russian attacks near Verkhniokamianske were repelled in the Siversk sector Russians tried to break through the defense once near Predtechyne in the Kramatorsk sector 11 Russian attacks were repelled near Dyliivka 24 Russian attacks were repelled in the vicinity of Promin Russians tried to break through the defense of Ukrainian troops 37 times 12 Russian attacks were repelled in the areas of Makarivka 2 firefights took place near Novodanylivka As of today, Russia's losses in manpower since the beginning of the full-scale invasion of Ukraine exceed 717,000 units. Over the past day alone, the Ukrainian Defense Forces eliminated another 1,520 Russian troops Positional fighting on the line continued on March 1 The Institute cited Russian and Ukrainian sources as confirming that fighting continued northeast of Kupiansk near Synkivka and Petropavlivka west of Kreminna near Terny and Yampolivka ISW cites Russian mil bloggers who posted footage of alleged Russian troops striking a Ukrainian pontoon bridge over the Oskil River near Kupiansk-Vuzlovyi (southeast of Kupiansk) with guided aerial bombs and claims that Russian forces have allegedly destroyed all fixed bridges across the Oskil River researchers add that Russian forces likely did indeed damage fixed bridges across the Oskil River during the September-October 2023 strike campaign Although these efforts were unsuccessful in isolating Ukrainians near Kupiansk then Ukrainian defense forces were not facing supply difficulties on the eastern bank of the Oskil River The ISW adds that units of the Chechen Akhmat special forces “Aida” and the Russian “GORB” detachment have begun operating near Bilohorivka the head of the Kharkiv Regional Military Administration Russian troops continue to storm the positions of Ukrainian defenders in the Kupiansk sector trying to take advantage of favorable heights and hold Kupiansk as an essential logistics hub despite the concentration of Russian forces Ukrainians are holding back the onslaught and are not giving up their positions He adds that Russia uses all types of weapons to shell the border areas – aircraft and civilians are being called to evacuate a town in eastern Kharkiv Oblast with a pre-war population of about 30,000 people was occupied from late February till September 2022 The city is a railway and road hub in Eastern Ukraine between Kharkiv and Luhansk regions Constant missile attacks and deserted streets: how Kupiansk lives on the front line. It is 10-15 km / 6–9 miles from the front line and 40 km / 25 miles from the border with Russia. The city was severely damaged at the beginning of the full-scale invasion and during the battle for its liberation in September 2022. Subscribe to news from Kharkiv, UkraineMost important stories from the frontline region Google Or Register from Google Or Website materials are permitted only with an active link to “GWARA MEDIA,” not lower than the third paragraph The use of digital platform content is allowed with textual attribution Content for documentary films and integrated products is permitted The site was modernized with the support of the European Endowment for Democracy in 2023 ' + scriptOptions._localizedStrings.webview_notification_text + ' " + scriptOptions._localizedStrings.redirect_overlay_title + " " + scriptOptions._localizedStrings.redirect_overlay_text + " Shelling of the village wounded a man of 68; he was hospitalized. At night, the Russian army also shelled Kucherivka of the Kupiansk district. The shelling damaged a residential building. According to Syniehubov, in the past day, the Russian army hit Kharkiv, Bohoduhiv, Chuhuiiv, and Kupiansk districts with artillery, mortar shells, and airstrikes: Please check your email and enter your one time pin below: Open in Gmail Sorry there was an error loading the audio Russian forces unleashed a combined drone and missile strike on the Ukrainian capital while two other attacks in the country’s south killed three more The Russian Foreign Ministry said on Saturday Ukraine and Britain “had no room” for cooperation in the Sea of Azov, commenting on a new 100-year partnership agreement between Kyiv and London that the two countries’ leaders announced on Thursday.advertisementDon't want to see this? Remove ads said Russia’s Defence Ministry on Saturday The ministry statement said Russian forces were now in control of Petropavlivka one of a cluster of small towns further south in the Donetsk region The ministry also said Russian forces hit Ukraine’s military facilities with high-precision weapons in response to a Ukrainian attack on Russia’s southern Belgorod region with US-made Atacms missiles Reuters could not independently verify battlefield reports from either side in the 34-month-old conflict Ukrainian military statements made no mention of either of the two villages changing hands, but referred to heavy fighting near the key city of Pokrovsk.advertisementDon't want to see this? Remove ads which documents changes in the positions held by both sides using open-source materials placed both Petropavlivka and Vremivka in Russian hands The spokesperson for the Ukrainian military’s Khortytsya dismissed for the second day running any notion that Russian forces had entered Pokrovsk “There have been no developments in Pokrovsk things are stable,” Viktor Trehubov told national television The city is a transport hub and the site of Ukraine’s only coking coal pit after failing to advance on the capital Kyiv in the weeks following its February 2022 invasion of Ukraine has since focused its efforts on capturing all of the Donbas — made up of Donetsk and Luhansk regions It now holds about 20% of Ukraine’s territory said Russian forces trying to pierce Ukrainian defences had launched 84 attacks in the Pokrovsk sector Fourteen battles were still raging in the area The report listed a series of villages in the sector which it said had come under Russian attack — including three which Russia’s military said it secured in the past week and another where Russia said it took control last month Russian forces unleashed a combined drone and missile strike on the Ukrainian capital, Kyiv, early on Saturday, killing three people, while two other attacks in the country’s south that day killed three more, said officials.advertisementDon't want to see this? Remove ads In Kyiv, explosions boomed across the pre-dawn sky as air defences activated against the attack, which also wounded three others, according to city military administration chief Timur Tkachenko.advertisementDon't want to see this? Remove ads metro station and water pipe were damaged in the assault “Russian forces initially launched drones and then a ballistic-missile strike,” wrote parliamentary ombudsman Dmytro Lubinets on social media “These acts merely underscore the enemy’s ruthlessness and barbarity.” Rescue workers plodded through a flooded street as they sifted through debris The charred remains of a van were visible in front of the station whose facade was marked by twisted metal and blown-out windows they could be seen examining missile fragments and loading a body bag into a truck Air force spokesperson Yuriy Ihnat told Ukrainian media that both missiles aimed at Kyiv were destroyed but that one of them was shot down at a low altitude Another Russian missile attack killed one person and wounded 11 in the southeastern city of Zaporizhzhia The governor of the adjacent southern region of Kherson said Russian shelling killed two people in a town north of the regional centre The Ukrainian military said it had destroyed 24 of 39 drones and two of four missiles launched by Russia across various parts of Ukraine during the overnight attack.advertisementDon't want to see this? Remove ads The Russian Foreign Ministry said on Saturday Ukraine and Britain “had no room” for cooperation in the Sea of Azov commenting on a new 100-year partnership agreement between Kyiv and London that the two countries’ leaders announced on Thursday The Kremlin said on Friday that any placement of British military assets in Ukraine under the new agreement would be of concern to Moscow “Any claims to this water area are a gross interference in the internal affairs of our country and will be firmly resisted,” said Foreign Ministry spokesperson Maria Zakharova in a comment posted on the ministry’s website The Azov Sea is bordered by southwest Russia British Prime Minister, Keir Starmer pledged on Thursday to work with Ukraine and allies on robust security guarantees if a ceasefire is negotiated with Russia, offering more support to Zelensky with a 100-year partnership deal.advertisementDon't want to see this? Remove ads announced in Kyiv during Starmer’s first visit as prime minister including boosting military cooperation to strengthen security in the Baltic Sea Ukraine on Saturday claimed a pair of attacks on oil depots in western Russia the latest salvo in Kyiv’s air campaign against strategic targets on Russian soil Kyiv’s General Staff said its forces had struck storage facilities overnight in the Kaluga and Tula regions adding that the depots supported Moscow’s war effort in Ukraine said on Telegram that a fire had broken out after an industrial site was hit in the city of Lyudinovo He later said seven drones had been downed with one landing in a “non-residential area” said on Telegram that a fuel and lubricant tank had caught fire at a facility in the region as a result of a Ukrainian drone attack Ukraine and its backers in Europe need to get to the negotiating table soon Today the whole scenario changes for Ukraine with Trump coming to power Blame the arrogant West and their puppet Zelensky for this mess the average person can not differentiate between the propaganda from either side so it is difficult to know which side is truly gaining ground it is incorrect to say that Ukraine has no bargaining power as it controls part of the Kursk region There have been 89 combat engagements on the front since the beginning of the day. The heaviest fighting has been recorded in the Pokrovsk and Kursk directions, according to the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine the enemy launched three assaults on the positions of our units near Petropavlivka and Pishchane the occupying army carried out nine attacks on Ukrainian positions near the settlements of Kopanky Three combat engagements are still ongoing the Defense Forces repelled three attacks by Russian troops The enemy attacked our defensive positions near Verkhniokamianske and Ivano-Dariivka the Russian army launched six attacks in the areas of Chasiv Yar there were eight enemy attacks in the areas of Toretsk Ukrainian soldiers have already repelled two of them the Russian forces have made 31 attempts to push our defenders from their positions in the areas of Vodiane Druhe The Defense Forces have repelled 30 enemy attacks the invaders attacked ten times near Kostiantynopil Three of the enemy attacks have been repelled The enemy bombed Novopil and Kostyantynopil with KABs (guided aerial bombs) the occupying forces launched one assault on our positions near Novodanylivka The enemy made one unsuccessful attempt to assault our defenders' positions in the Prydniprovskyi direction the enemy has not conducted any active operations since the beginning of the day The operation in the Kursk region continues Ukrainian soldiers have repelled eight attacks by the occupying forces today and three combat engagements are still ongoing The enemy carried out 250 artillery strikes including one from a multiple rocket launcher system Russia has lost more than 814,000 military personnel In particular, over the past day, Ukrainian soldiers eliminated 1,480 Russian troops Since the beginning of the day on October 11 146 combat engagements have taken place at the front Russians continue to actively storm the positions of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the Donetsk region including 88 guided aerial bombs and 602 strikes by kamikaze drones firing more than 3,700 times at the positions of our troops Russian troops stormed the positions of Ukrainian troops in the area of Tykhe once Russia attacked Ukrainian positions 21 times near Petropavlivka 9 combat clashes are ongoing in the areas of Stepova Novoselivka Ukrainian troops are repelling 7 Russian attacks near Hrekivka 12 Russian assaults were stopped near Makiivka Russians did not conduct any offensive actions but conducted an air strike on Yasnohorivka 5 Russian attempts to advance near Kalynivka Russian troops stormed Toretsk 13 times today Combat continues in 7 locations - Russia is putting pressure on trying to advance near Toretsk Russia carried out 19 assault and offensive actions during the day Russian occupants are most active in Selydove Ukrainian troops eliminated 126 and wounded 182 Russian occupants today There are 32 combat clashes in the Kurakhove sector as of this time of day tried to advance in the areas of Novoselydivka 8 Russian attacks were repelled in the areas of Bohoyavlenka and 7 battles are taking place in the areas of Novodarivka Russia did not conduct any offensive actions in the Orikhiv and Huliaipole sectors Russian aviation continues to strike with guided aerial bombs at its territory there are 16 known air strikes involving 21 guided aerial bombs There were no significant changes in the situation in other areas The other day, Ukrainian special forces attacked warehouses near the city of Yeysk where Russian Shahed attack drones were stored Satellite images showed a precise hit and destruction of the facility According to UK intelligence, Russia is intensifying its offensive in the Donetsk region and preparing to storm the city of Pokrovsk According to the UN, in September, the Russians killed the largest number of civilians in Ukraine. On the last day, 161 combat engagements were registered in the frontline. Most of the fighting took place near Pokrovsk and in the Kursk region, according to the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. and artillery of the Ukrainian Defense Forces hit 6 areas of concentration of personnel and equipment Ukrainian troops repelled 2 Russian attacks in the areas of Starytsia and Vovchansk Ukrainian Defense Forces repelled Russian assaults near Zakhidne Russia attacked 17 times in the Lyman sector Russian troops tried to advance near Zelenyi Hai Russia attacked Ukrainian positions once near Bilohorivka 7 combat clashes were registered in the vicinity of Chasiv Yar and Stupochky Russia carried out 12 attacks near Toretsk Ukrainian defenders stopped 42 Russian assaults and offensive actions in the areas of Baranivka the Ukrainian Armed Forces repelled 29 Russian attacks on the positions of Ukrainian troops near Sribne Russia carried out 11 offensives against the positions of Ukrainian units in the areas of Yantarne Russian invaders unsuccessfully stormed the positions of Ukrainian units 3 times In the operational area in the Kursk region Ukrainian Defense Forces units repelled 25 Russian attacks over the past day and carried out 469 artillery attacks (including 19 with MLRS) on Ukrainian troops' positions and settlements On the border with Chernihiv and Sumy regions Russians are actively using artillery and aviation in the vicinity of Ukrainian settlements from the territory of Russia Over the past day, Ukrainian troops eliminated 1,830 Russians Ukrainian defenders also neutralized 10 Russian tanks According to the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine since the beginning of the full-scale invasion of Ukraine Earlier, the Ukrainian Defense Ministry reported that Russia suffered record losses last year which is almost 36 motorized infantry divisions.