MOSCOW (Reuters) -Russia’s Defence Ministry said on Sunday that Russian forces had captured a new settlement inside Ukraine’s Dnipropetrovsk region, but Ukraine’s top commander said Kyiv’s troops had made gains elsewhere, recapturing three villages in eastern Donetsk region.

After failing to advance on the Ukrainian capital Kyiv in the early weeks of the February 2022 invasion of Ukraine, Russian troops have focused on the eastern Donbas region, announcing almost daily the capture of new villages.

Reuters could not independently verify battlefield reports from either side.

On Sunday, the Russian Defence Ministry announced the capture of Filia, a village inside Dnipropetrovsk region, which is not one of the four regions Russia illegally annexed seven months after invading its smaller nei

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