Civilians wait to be evacuated in the direction of Pokrovsk - Anadolu
The Telegraph: Russian forces have seized the settlement of Komyshivka in Ukraine’s eastern Donetsk region, Moscow’s TASS news agency reported on Wednesday.
The state-owned news agency cited Russia’s defence ministry in its report, but The Telegraph could not independently verify the claim.
It comes as Russian forces close in on the strategically important city of Pokrovsk, 35km away from Komyshivka.
Regional authorities recently ordered large-scale evacuations from the city amid fears it will fall in the coming weeks.
Pokrovsk is a road and rail hub and a city with a pre-war population of 60,000 people.
In World
-
Russian President Vladimir Putin on Thursday accused Ukraine of using Western-supplied long-range missiles to attack Russian territory, prompting Moscow to test a new medium-range missile system dubbed "Hazel."
-
Russia said on Thursday that a new U.S. ballistic missile defence base in northern Poland will lead to an increase in the overall level of nuclear danger, but Warsaw said "threats" from Moscow only strengthened the argument for NATO defences.
-
Britain and Romania offered their support to Moldova on Wednesday in tackling the effects of Russia's 1,000-day-old invasion of neighbouring Ukraine as London signed a new security and defence partnership agreement with the ex-Soviet state.
-
The United States on Wednesday vetoed a U.N. Security Council resolution demanding an immediate cease-fire in the war in Gaza because it was not linked to an immediate release of hostages taken captive by Hamas militants in Israel in October 2023.
Leave a review