Russia Says It Captured Town of Makiivka in Donbas

Published on September 30, 2024

Russia’s defense ministry said Russian forces have captured the town of Makiivka in the eastern region of Luhansk, in its daily briefing for Sept. 29. Officials in Kyiv have yet to comment on the Russian claims, which The Epoch Times could not independently verify. If true, the fall of Makiivka (Makeyevka in Russian) would bring Moscow one step closer to exerting control over the entire Donbas region, where Russian forces have registered significant gains in recent weeks. Control of Donbas has remained a key Russian objective since Moscow invaded eastern Ukraine in early 2022. Seven months after its initial invasion, Moscow effectively annexed Luhansk and Donetsk (which together comprise the Russian-speaking Donbas region), along with the southeastern areas of Kherson and Zaporizhzhia....

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