MOSCOW (Reuters) -Russian forces captured two more frontline villages in southeast Ukraine and also reported the capture of an island in southern Ukraine, its Defence Ministry said on Wednesday.

Ukraine’s military also reported success near the town of Dobropillia, an area in the Donetsk region, the heart of the front line, where officials say Kyiv’s forces are making headway in a counter-offensive.

Russian forces have been engaged in a long, grinding westward advance along and near the front line in eastern Ukraine, announcing the capture of new villages on nearly a daily basis. Its troops hold about 19% of Ukrainian territory.

The Russian Defence Ministry said its forces now controlled Pavlivka in Zaporizhzhia region in the southeast, one of four regions it now claims as Russian terri

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