Russian forces have taken control of two frontline settlements in eastern Donetsk region, the Russian Defence Ministry said on Friday.
A ministry report said Russian forces had captured the village of Zelene Pole located between Pokrovsk, the focal point of Russian attacks in the region, and Velyuka Novosilka, a settlement that Russia's military said it captured late last month.
Also captured, according to the Russian report, was the village of Dachne, west of the town of Kurakhove, which Russia's military said it also captured last month. The town had been subjected to weeks of heavy fighting.