Damage from a Ukrainian military strike on Volnovakha, south of Donetsk, on July 5, 2024.Dmitry Yagodkin/AFP
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On Saturday, Moscow said its forces had taken control of another small village in the same region, where Kyiv says the fiercest fighting across the entire front line is taking place.

Russia has made a string of battlefield advances since the start of the year, beginning with the capture of industrial hub Avdiivka in February.

But its progress has been grinding as the conflict looks locked in an attritional phase, with neither side able to punch a decisive breakthrough and both saying they are inflicting heavy casualties on the other.

Russian President Vladimir Putin on Friday repeated his demand for Ukraine to fully withdraw from the region, along with three others in the south and east of the country, if it wants peace.

AFP

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