Moscow’s troops used the same pincer tactic on Velyka Novosilka that has enabled their recent capture of town after town in eastern Ukraine.

Moscow's forces have captured Velyka Novosilka in the Donetsk region and about to gain Toretsk, according to reports.

Ukrainian forces fighting around Velyka Novosilka claim its Russian takeover will amount to nothing more than a flag-raising exercise

The number of Russians signing contracts at Moscow recruitment centres to fight in the war against Ukraine has fallen five-fold since its peak in late summer of last year, the independent Russian outlet Verstka reported on Jan.

Ukrainian troops on the frontlines in the Donetsk region have called for more weapons to help fend off Russian advances in the region. #EuropeNews

Reports that the embattled Ukrainian city of Chasiv Yar has fallen to Russian forces have been dismissed by experts and officials speaking to the Kyiv Independent, and the latest OSINT data suggests fighting is still ongoing.

Beyond Toretsk, Russia continues pressuring multiple fronts in Donetsk Oblast, claiming control of Velyka Novosilka while Ukrainian forces mount counterattacks

Ukraine’s 110th Mechanized Brigade acknowledged a withdrawal from parts of the village to avoid encirclement but claimed that fighting is ongoing elsewhere in Velyka Novosilka.

Russia has now lost more than 834,000 troops in its invasion of Ukraine, according to Ukrainian military officials. The General

Kharkiv region. In Ukraine’s northeastern Kharkiv province, a Russian glide bomb struck a residential area two miles from the frontlines, near the city of Kupyansk, killing two women on Jan. 26.

Despite Russian claims of fully capturing the village of Velyka Novosilka, geolocated data confirms that Russian forces currently control only 89% of the village. This is according to the latest report from the Institute for the Study of War (ISW) dated Jan.

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