INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
Russia's military said Wednesday that its forces captured the village of Kruhliakivka in Ukraine's northeastern Kharkiv region, where it has
been stepping up pressure on Kyiv's forces for months.The village was home to around 1,200 people before the full-scale invasion and lies
around 20 kilometers (12 miles) south of Kupiansk, an embattled Ukrainian stronghold that Moscow has been trying to surround.Russian army
name for the village.Kyiv forced Russian troops away from Kupiansk and much of the Kharkiv region in late 2022, but Russia is pushing back
again, pressing its advantage against overstretched and exhausted Ukrainian forces.Moscow has advanced 478 square kilometers (185 square