KYIV, Ukraine — Russia's invading forces broke into an eighth region of Ukraine, a Ukrainian military official said Wednesday, seeking to capture more ground in their threeyear war of attrition as U.S.-led peace efforts struggle to gain traction.
Some Russian troops entered the villages of Novoheorhiivka and Zaporizke in the eastern Dnipropetrovsk region, a major Ukrainian industrial center next to the Donetsk region where fierce fighting has taken place, Victor Trehubov, spokesman for local ground forces, told The Associated Press by phone.