Russian forces have taken control of the village of Serhiivka in Ukraine’s eastern Donetsk region, according to the Russian defence ministry.
MEZIESBLOG cannot independently verify the claim.
Ukraine has also ordered the evacuation of the Donetsk city of Pokrovsk today as Russian forces approach.
The head of the city’s military administration urged residents not to delay leaving their homes in a post to Telegram.
“The enemy is advancing at a fast pace,” Serhiy Dobryak said.
Ukraine says capturing Donetsk is a battlefield priority for Moscow. Volodymyr Zelenskyy had warned yesterday that Pokrovsk and other nearby towns were “facing the most intense Russian assaults”.
Analysts at the Institute for the Study of War said Russian forces were maintaining a “relatively high offensive tempo” in Donetsk as Moscow “prioritises advances in Ukraine’s east” despite the pressure of the Kursk invasion.
Russian attacks across the Donetsk region have killed three civilians and injured five more in the last 24 hours, a local official said.
Air raid alert ends in most Ukrainian regions
An air raid alert has ended in all but Ukraine’s most eastern regions.
Earlier, more than half the country was issued with alerts warning of potential ballistic missile attacks.
Ukraine has said there is no sign Russian military pressure is receding along the eastern front more than a week after Kyiv’s surprise cross-border push into Kursk.
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