The Russian Defence Ministry mentioned on Thursday (March 6, 2025) its forces had captured another village in eastern Ukraine because it advances westward by means of the area of Donetsk greater than three years into its invasion of its smaller neighbour.
A Ministry assertion mentioned Russian forces had captured the village of Andriivka — west of the logistics centre of Kurakhove, which Moscow mentioned it had taken in early January.
The General Staff of Ukraine’s navy made no point out of Andriivka falling into Russian fingers. But in a late night report, it talked about the settlement as one in every of 5 that had come beneath assault throughout 17 makes an attempt by Russian forces to pierce Ukrainian defences in the Pokrovsk sector in Donetsk area.
The report mentioned one armed conflict was nonetheless happening late in the night.
The unofficial Ukrainian navy weblog DeepState, which outlines the frontline positions of each side based mostly on open sources, mentioned it was unsure who managed Andriivka.
Reuters couldn’t independently confirm battlefield accounts from both facet.
Russia’s navy has focused on securing Ukraine’s eastern Donbas, made up of Donetsk and Luhansk areas, after failing in the weeks after the February 2022 invasion to advance on the capital Kyiv.
Moscow controls about 20% of Ukrainian territory and for months has been reporting a sluggish however regular advance westward throughout Donetsk, capturing village after village.
Fighting has centered in town of Pokrovsk, additionally a logistics hub and the location of Ukraine’s solely colliery producing coking coal for steelmaking. The colliery has been closed down as Russian forces approached.
Ukrainian navy officers and commentators have been reporting successes in current weeks in defending Pokrovsk and a decline in Russian makes an attempt to storm it.
Published – March 07, 2025 09:19 am IST
