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Russia said on Tuesday it had captured a village in eastern Ukraine, near the city of Donetsk already under its control.

This announcement comes the day after a statement from Volodymyr Zelensky who claimed to have “stopped” the Russian advance.

Russia claimed Tuesday to have captured a village in eastern Ukraine, near the city of Donetsk already under its control, the day after an announcement by Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky who claimed to have "stopped" the Russian advance .

“In the Donetsk direction, units of the Southern grouping of forces liberated the village of Nevelské and occupied more favorable lines and positions,” the Russian Defense Ministry said in its daily report.

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