Russia says house-to-house advance continues in Pokrovsk, tiny village captured

FILE PHOTO: A view shows apartment buildings hit by Russian military strikes in the front line town of Pokrovsk, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in Donetsk region, Ukraine May 21, 2025. REUTERS/Anatolii Stepanov/File Photo

MOSCOW (Reuters) -Russia said on Saturday that its forces continued to advance in grinding battles around the key towns of Pokrovsk and Kupiansk, and had captured a tiny village in eastern Ukraine.

The Defence Ministry said on Telegram that its forces had taken Vovche, in the southeast corner of the Dnipropetrovsk region. According to Ukrainian census data, the village's population was 13 people in 2001.