INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
Russia's Defense Ministry said Tuesday that it captured the town of Krasnohorivka in eastern Ukraine, as well as three villages in different
parts of the Donetsk region.The Russian military said its troops "liberated" the town and the villages of Hryhorivk?, Halytsynivka and
The town lies some 20 kilometers (32 miles) west of Russian-held Donetsk and had served as a key stronghold for Kyiv.It became more
vulnerable after the fall of nearby Marinka in December 2023 and Avdiivka in February.Russian troops have been advancing steadily in the
Donetsk region in recent weeks and are closing in on the town of Pokrovsk, a vital logistics and transport hub for Ukrainian forces.Russian
President Vladimir Putin said last week that seizing the Donbas, Ukraine's industrial heartland which includes the Donetsk region, was
Russia's "primary objective."Amid Moscow's creeping advance in the east, Ukraine last month launched an offensive into Russia's Kursk
region, saying it had seized hundreds of square kilometers
Kyiv said one of its objectives with the incursion is to force Russia to redirect its troops from eastern Ukraine.
