NNA - Russia on Tuesday said that its forces had captured the village of Nevelske in the eastern Donetsk region of Ukraine, where Russian troops have made recent gains.

Moscow has recently been able to leverage Ukrainian shortages of ammunition and servicemen to gain ground in the east, ahead of presidential elections this week.

The defence ministry said in a statement that Russian forces had captured Nevelske and taken up "more favourable lines and positions" in the region that the Kremlin claimed to have annexed in 2022. -- AFP

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