Russia says it captures a village in Ukraine’s Donetsk region

Russian forces have captured the settlement of Nova Poltavka in the Donetsk region of eastern Ukraine, the Russian defence ministry said on Thursday. (Reuters/File)
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  • Air defenses had shot down 317 Ukrainian drones over the territory of Russia

MOSCOW: Russian forces have captured the settlement of Nova Poltavka in the Donetsk region of eastern Ukraine, the Russian defense ministry said on Thursday.

Russian news agencies, citing the defense ministry, separately reported that air defenses had shot down 317 Ukrainian drones over the territory of Russia in the past 24 hours and 485 drones in total since the evening of May 20.