Moscow’s troops used the same pincer tactic on Velyka Novosilka that has enabled their recent capture of town after town in eastern Ukraine.

MOSCOW - Russia on Sunday said its forces had captured the east Ukrainian town of Velyka Novosilka in the embattled Donetsk region, almost three year

Russia on Sunday said its forces had captured the east Ukrainian town of Velyka Novosilka in the embattled Donetsk region, almost three years into their offensive. Russia's military has been making steady advances on the battlefield in eastern Ukraine for months.

Russia claims full occupation of Velyka Novosilka in the Donetsk region. The Khortytsia operational and tactical group of troops refutes this, stating that Ukrainian forces still control certain positions closer to the outskirts of the village,

( MENAFN - UkrinForm) The Russian Ministry of Defense (MoD) is focusing a lot of attention to the claimed Russian seizure of Velyka Novosilka, very likely as part of informational efforts to shape Western perceptions of the battlefield situation in Ukraine and degrade international support for Ukraine.

A Ukrainian brigade fires a self-propelled howitzer toward Russian front-line positions in the Donetsk region of eastern Ukraine, 23025