INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
Russia's military said Wednesday that its forces captured the village of Kruhliakivka in Ukraine's northeastern Kharkiv region, where it
has been stepping up pressure on Kyiv's forces for months.The village was home to around 1,200 people before the full-scale invasion and
lies around 20 kilometers (12 miles) south of Kupiansk, an embattled Ukrainian stronghold that Moscow has been trying to surround.Russian
Russian name for the village.Kyiv forced Russian troops away from Kupiansk and much of the Kharkiv region in late 2022, but Russia is
pushing back again, pressing its advantage against overstretched and exhausted Ukrainian forces.Moscow has advanced 478 square kilometers
-based Institute for the Study of War.
