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Posted on June 21, 2025
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Russian troops have captured Zaporizhzhya village in Donetsk, near the strategic city of Pokrovsk, as reported by TASS.
MOSCOW (Reuters) -Russian troops have captured the small settlement of Zaporizhzhya in Ukraine's eastern Donetsk region, Russian state news agency TASS reported on Saturday, citing Russia's Defence Ministry.
Reuters could not independently confirm the battlefield report.
The small village of Zaporizhzhya, which had a pre-war population of about 200 people, is located near the strategic city of Pokrovsk, where some of the fiercest battles of the war have been fought over the past several months. Pokrovsk is a crucial transport hub in the east of Ukraine.
The village is distinct from the Ukrainian city of Zaporizhzhia, the regional centre and large industrial hub located some 160 kilometers (90 miles) to the southeast.
(Reporting by Reuters. Editing by Tomasz Janowski and Mark Potter)
Russian troops have captured the small settlement of Zaporizhzhya in Ukraine's eastern Donetsk region.
The small village of Zaporizhzhya had a pre-war population of about 200 people.
The village of Zaporizhzhya is located approximately 160 kilometers (90 miles) to the northwest of the Ukrainian city of Zaporizhzhia.
The capture was reported by the Russian state news agency TASS.
Reuters could not independently confirm the battlefield report regarding the capture.
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