Russia claims to capture village near Kurakhove, Kyiv hasn't confirmed

Details: Written by: Boldizsar Gyori; 19.Nov; Hits: 9

Russian forces claim to have taken the front-line village of Novoselydivka in Donetsk Oblast on Nov. 19.Ukraine has not commented on the claims, which could not be independently verified.Novoselydivka lies some 7 kilometers (4 miles) north of Kurakhove, an important stronghold of Ukrainian forces in the area that has seen increasingly heavy Russian assaults in the past months.If confirmed, this will be the latest village that the Russian forces took in their attempt to encircle Kurakhove by driving their forces towards Konstiantynopil with a north-south pincer movement.The estimated Russian advance in Novoselydivka, Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine, as of Nov.

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