{"id":294860,"date":"2025-07-27T03:06:12","date_gmt":"2025-07-27T03:06:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/294860\/"},"modified":"2025-07-27T03:06:12","modified_gmt":"2025-07-27T03:06:12","slug":"russia-says-seized-two-villages-in-central-ukraine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/294860\/","title":{"rendered":"Russia says seized two villages in central Ukraine"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\n A view shows burned cars at the site of the Russian drone strike, amid Russia\u2019s attack on Ukraine, in Dnipro, Ukraine, on July 26, 2025.
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Russia on Saturday (July 26, 2025) said it had wrested two villages in Ukraine, including one in the central Dnipropetrovsk region, marking a fresh advance into an area largely spared seizures of land since Moscow\u2019s 2022 invasion. <\/p>\n

Overnight strikes launched by both sides meanwhile claimed six lives \u2013 four in central Ukraine and two in western Russia, according to officials in both countries. <\/p>\n

The Russian army said its forces had \u201cliberated the settlement of Maliyevka\u201d in Dnipropetrovsk, weeks after it seized the first village in the region \u2013 not one of the Ukrainian regions annexed by Russia. <\/p>\n

In a separate message on Saturday (July 26, 2025), Moscow said it had \u201cliberated the settlement of Zeleny Gai\u201d in Donetsk region on the border with Dnipropetrovsk, adding that it was an important stronghold used by Ukraine to protect the region. <\/p>\n

Supported by swarms of drones, Russia gains new settlements almost daily, but they are normally reduced to rubble and emptied of inhabitants after months of fighting. <\/p>\n

The summer offensive comes despite a call from the United States to cease violence and peace talks in Istanbul, which so far have yielded no breakthroughs. <\/p>\n

Further Russian advances could harm Ukraine\u2019s economy and energy supplies as Dnipropetrovsk and Donetsk, which has been occupied since 2014, are part of Ukraine\u2019s mining heartland, particularly for coal that powers the electricity grid. <\/p>\n

Ukrainian authorities have already been ordering civilians with children to flee a front line that is creeping closer. <\/p>\n

Deeper Russian advances could mean more attacks on one of Ukraine\u2019s largest cities, Dnipro, though Russian troops are around 200 km (120 miles) away. <\/p>\n

Dnipropetrovsk is not one of the five Ukrainian regions \u2013 Donetsk, Kherson, Lugansk, Zaporizhzhia and Crimea \u2013 that Moscow has publicly claimed as Russian territory. <\/p>\n

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