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Ukrainian forces fighting around Velyka Novosilka claim its Russian takeover will amount to nothing more than a flag-raising exercise

Russian forces have captured hundreds of square miles of eastern Ukraine’s Donetsk region over the past year as part of their advance on the city of Pokrovsk.

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Its forces captured Solone village, about 7.4 miles southwest of Pokrovsk, key front in Moscow's offensive in eastern Donetsk region, says Russian Defense Ministry - Anadolu Ajansı

Moscow's forces have captured Velyka Novosilka in the Donetsk region and about to gain Toretsk, according to reports.

Reports that the embattled Ukrainian city of Chasiv Yar has fallen to Russian forces have been dismissed by experts and officials speaking to the Kyiv Independent, and the latest OSINT data suggests fighting is still ongoing.

The number of Russians signing contracts at Moscow recruitment centres to fight in the war against Ukraine has fallen five-fold since its peak in late summer of last year, the independent Russian outlet Verstka reported on Jan.

Russia has had battlefield momentum but its recent territorial gains have been at the expense of high personnel losses.

Russia claimed on Sunday that its forces took control of another settlement in Ukraine’s eastern Donetsk region, where Moscow continues to claim advances amid an ongoing regional offensive.

Ukraine has praised Donald Trump’s threat to Vladimir Putin to end Russia’s invasion “the hard way”, using tariffs and sanctions, as sending a “strong signal” to the Kremlin.In his first major remarks on Ukraine after re-entering the White House,