Russia's Protection Ministry claimed on Jan. 12 that its forces had captured the villages of Yantarne in Donetsk Oblast and Kalynove in Kharkiv Oblast.
Ukraine has not commented on the claims, which couldn’t be instantly verified.
Moscow's forces have ramped up strain in Ukraine's east as Ukrainian defenders discover themselves more and more outnumbered and outgunned.
Yantarne lies round 10 kilometers (6 miles) southeast of the japanese city of Kurakhove, nearly fully overrun by Russian forces. The Ukrainian army not too long ago claimed it continues to carry positions on the Kurakhove Thermal Energy Plant.
Russian propagandist Vladimir Solovyov on Jan. 10 shared footage exhibiting Russian troopers elevating flags over broken buildings, claiming to be situated in Yantarne.
The Ukrainian battle monitoring web site DeepState mentioned that the state of affairs within the village continues to be being clarified with out confirming nor denying the lack of Yantarne, whereas Ukraine's Khortytsia group of forces reported engagements within the space on Jan. 12.
The northeastern village of Kalynove lies on the west financial institution of the Oskil River and north of Kupiansk, a key logistical hub liberated by Ukraine throughout a counteroffensive within the fall of 2022.
Russian forces have been making an attempt to drive the Oskil River for months in an try to outflank Ukrainian defenders. Andrii Besedin, head of the Kupiansk city army administration, mentioned on Jan. 9 that Moscow's troops are attempting to safe a bridgehead within the city of Dvorichna on the river's Ukraine-held western financial institution.
Besedin additionally mentioned that Russian forces at the moment are inside 2 kilometers (1.5 miles) of Kupiansk's outskirts, including that the state of affairs is "very troublesome."
The Kyiv IndependentKateryna Denisova
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