Russian Forces Capture Village Near Key Ukrainian Transit Hub, Moscow Claims

Published on September 9, 2024

Russian forces have captured the village of Novohrodivka near the strategic town of Pokrovsk, Moscow’s defense ministry claimed on the evening of Sept. 8. “The settlement of Novohrodivka [Novogrodovka in Russian] in the Donetsk People’s Republic has been liberated by the [Russian military’s] Battlegroup Center,” the defense ministry said in a statement. Over the previous 24 hours, it added, Russian forces had “continued advancing deep into the enemy’s defenses” in the eastern Donetsk region. Russia invaded and effectively annexed Donetsk, along with three other regions of Ukraine, in 2022. With support from its Western allies, Kyiv has vowed to continue fighting—despite Russia’s numerical superiority—until all lost territory is recovered....