EuropeOctober 16, 2026

Russia Claims Capture of Dobropillia in Donetsk Region

Gerasimov told Putin that Russian troops took the Donetsk town of Dobropillia, a claim Ukraine has not confirmed and one that Ukrainian analysts rejected when Moscow first made it in September.

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