An aerial view shows destructions in the frontline town of Bakhmut, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in Donetsk region, Ukraine, in this handout picture released on May 21, 2023. Press Service of the 93rd Kholodnyi Yar Separate Machanized Brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces/Handout via REUTERS
Russia’s defense ministry said on Wednesday its forces had taken control of a village in eastern Ukraine’s war-torn Donetsk region.
Khromove, which Russia calls Artyomovskoe, is on the western outskirts of Bakhmut, a city which Russia captured last summer after a months-long battle. The village had a pre-war population of 1,000 people.
Reuters could not independently verify the defense ministry’s assertion and there was no immediate comment from Ukraine.
