Russian forces said to be shelling, storming town in eastern Ukraine
The Straits Times|October 21, 2024
MOSCOW - Russian forces are fighting street-to-street battles with Ukrainian troops in the outskirts of the eastern Ukrainian town of Selydove as Moscow's forces push to gain control over the whole of the Donbas region, said pro-Russian bloggers.

Russian forces, which President Vladimir Putin ordered into Ukraine in February 2022, advanced in September at their fastest rate since March 2022, according to open source data, despite Ukraine taking a part of Russia's Kursk region.

The thrust of the Russian advance over recent months has been in eastern Ukraine's Donbas region, which Mr Putin says he wants to gain full control over.

This story is from the October 21, 2024 edition of The Straits Times.

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