Russia takes control of Lozuvatske settlement in eastern Ukraine

MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia's defence ministry said on Saturday that its forces had taken control of the settlement of Lozuvatske in the Pokrovsk sector of Ukraine's Donetsk region, site of some of the most heated frontline battles in the 29-month-old war.

Ukraine's General Staff made no mention of the settlement in its reports, but noted that the area around it was gripped by heavy fighting. Unofficial military bloggers have reported the loss of at least two other localities in the sector.