Moscow, Aug 14, 2025 (AFP) - Russia claims new Ukraine gains ahead of Putin-Trump summit

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2025-08-14

Russia said on Thursday its troops had captured two new settlements in eastern Ukraine on the eve of a summit between President Vladimir Putin and US counterpart Donald Trump. The defence ministry said Russian forces captured the village of Iskra and the small town of Shcherbynivka in Ukraine's Donetsk region, which the Kremlin claimed to have annexed in September 2022. Shcherbynivka is near the mining town of Toretsk, captured by Russian troops......

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