MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russia’s Defence Ministry said in a briefing published on Telegram on Saturday that its forces had taken a village in eastern Ukraine’s Donetsk region. Kalynove lies southeast of Pokrovsk, a major Ukrainian logistics hub threatened by an accelerating Russian advance in east Ukraine’s industrialised Donbas. The village’s population was around 200 people, […]
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Russian troops take Kalynove in Ukraine’s Donetsk region – defence ministry
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MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russia’s Defence Ministry said in a briefing published on Telegram on Saturday that its forces had taken a village in eastern Ukraine’s Donetsk region.
Kalynove lies southeast of Pokrovsk, a major Ukrainian logistics hub threatened by an accelerating Russian advance in east Ukraine’s industrialised Donbas.
The village’s population was around 200 people, according to Ukraine’s 2001 census.
(Writing by Felix Light; Editing by Jason Neely)