Russia claims another village in eastern Ukraine

 

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Russia claims another

village in eastern Ukraine

AFP

-09 Sep 2024, 07:37 PM

Moscow’s forces said they had captured Memryk, which is 20 km from the Kyiv-held logistics hub of Pokrovsk.

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Memryk was home to fewer than 400 people before the conflict began in 2022. (Russian Defense Ministry Press Service/AP pic)

MOSCOW: 

Russia said on Monday that its forces had captured the east Ukrainian village of Memryk, a stepping stone to the Kyiv-held logistics hub of Pokrovsk some 20km away.

Pokrovsk lies on the intersection of a key road that supplies Ukrainian troops and towns across the eastern front and has long been a target for Moscow’s army.

Units of the Centre grouping of troops liberated the settlement of Memryk,

 Russia’s defence ministry said. Memryk was home to fewer than 400 people before the conflict began in 2022.

Pokrovsk had a population of around 60,000 before Russia’s military assault, but more than half of its residents have fled as fighting intensifies nearby.

Russia claims to have taken control of dozens of Ukrainian towns and villages near Pokrovsk in recent months, some now no more than a few streets and handful of abandoned buildings.

The advances come more than 30 months into Russia’s offensive and as Kyiv’s troops find themselves outgunned and outmanned across the sprawling frontline.