(Adds context) MOSCOW, May 11 (Reuters) – Russia said on Saturday that its forces had taken five border villages in Ukraine’s Kharkiv region, where Russia launched an offensive on Friday, exploiting its increasing advantage on the battlefields of eastern Ukraine. In its briefing on Saturday, the Defence Ministry said that Russian forces had taken the […]
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UPDATE 1-Russia says it has taken Bohdanivka in eastern Ukraine
(Recasts with Ukrainian reports) April 21 (Reuters) – Russian forces have taken control of the settlement of Bohdanivka in Ukraine’s eastern Donetsk region, Russia’s defence ministry said in a statement on Sunday. Control of Bohdanivka, located just to the west of the city of the Russian-held city of Bakhmut, has been in doubt for some […]