Russia says it has captured three villages in Ukraine's Donetsk and Sumy regions
Russia’s defence ministry announced on Saturday that its forces captured the village of Khrapivshchyna in Ukraine’s Sumy region, along with Novoandriivka and Rubizhne in Donetsk.
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- Published Date: 04:29 PM 29 August 2026
The Russian defence ministry said on Saturday Russian troops had captured the village of Khrapivshchyna in Ukraine's Sumy region, and the villages of Novoandriivka and Rubizhne in the Donetsk region.
The ministry said via its Telegram channel that it had struck a logistics centre in the Kyiv region where components for Ukrainian ballistic missiles were stored.
Reuters could not independently verify the report.
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