Russia claims control of village in Ukraine's Dnipropetrovsk region: Report

Russia on Saturday claimed its forces had captured the village of Novoskeliuvate in Ukraine's Dnipropetrovsk region, marking another reported advance in the ongoing war, according to Reuters citing Russia's RIA news agency and the Defence Ministry.The Russian defence ministry said its troops had taken control of Novoskeliuvate, a village located about 31 kilometres north of Huliaipole, which Moscow claimed to have captured in December.Ukraine did not immediately comment on the claim, and independent verification was not possible because of the ongoing conflict.The reported advance comes amid continued fighting across multiple fronts.Earlier on Saturday, Ukrainian authorities said overnight Russian strikes killed two people and injured more than 20 across several regions, while Moscow said Ukrainian attacks on Russian territory and Russian-controlled areas killed one person and injured 10.According to Ukrainian officials, one person was killed and two others were injured in the Dnipropetrovsk region after Russian attacks involving drones and guided aerial bombs. Regional military administration head Oleksandr Ganja said Russian forces struck two districts of the region more than 30 times overnight.In the northern Sumy region, a 66-year-old man was killed in a Russian drone strike on a residential house, while another large-scale attack elsewhere in the region injured 10 people, local authorities said.

Russian strikes also hit the southeastern city of Zaporizhzhia, where Ukraine's State Emergency Service said nine people, including two children, were injured after a residential high-rise building was partially destroyed.Meanwhile, Russian-installed authorities in the occupied Donetsk region said one woman was killed in a Ukrainian strike on Horlivka.Russia also reported that 10 people were injured after a Ukrainian attack on the Volgograd region, where Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy earlier claimed FP-5 Flamingo long-range missiles had struck the Titan-Barrikady defence manufacturing plant.Russia has continued to bombard Ukraine almost daily since launching its full-scale invasion in February 2022, while Ukraine has increasingly stepped up long-range retaliatory strikes targeting military and industrial facilities deep inside Russian territory.