Russia on Friday claimed that its forces have captured three villages in Ukraine’s Dnipropetrovsk and Kharkiv regions, reclaiming areas that Kyiv had retaken three years earlier during a surprise counteroffensive. According to Moscow’s military command, the seized villages include Pishchane and Tykhe in Kharkiv and Pryvillia in Dnipropetrovsk. The Russian army continues its slow, costly advance across eastern Ukraine, engaging in fierce battles for small, war-torn settlements left largely deserted since the conflict began in February 2022. This assault came just hours after President Vladimir Putin and US President Donald Trump spoke by phone and agreed to hold a new summit. Trump also met Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy at the White House on Friday amid renewed effort

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