Russia’s troops are in full control of the city of Vukhledar in eastern Ukraine’s Donetsk region, according to the SHOT Telegram channel and pro-Russian bloggers who follow developments on the war front. Reuters was unable to independently cross-reference these reports. The Russian Ministry of Defense has not yet officially confirmed the capture of the city. Yesterday, a Ukrainian official in the region said Russian troops had reached the center of the city, which has been resisting Russian attacks for more than two years. Russia announced in 2022 that it had annexed four Ukrainian regions – including Donetsk – a move that Kiev and the West rejected as illegal. Moscow wanted to seize Bukhlendar, a coal-mining town with a pre-war population of about 14,000, as a key step in integrating the entire Donetsk region into Russia. The city is located at the crossroads of the eastern and southern fronts, a feature that makes it […]
Source: News Beast
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