INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
Russia on Sunday claimed the capture of two villages in eastern Ukraine where its forces have been steadily advancing for months.The Defense
Ministry said its southern group of forces had captured the village of Yantarne in the eastern Donetsk region, around 10 kilometers (six
miles) southwest of Kurakhove, a key logistics hub that Moscow claimed to have seized last week.On Saturday, Russia's army said it had
also taken new territory northwest of Kurakhove.The Defense Ministry said Sunday that Russian troops had also captured the village of
Kalynove in the northeastern Kharkiv region.The village is on the western bank of the Oskil River, which formed the front line between the
two armies in the region for a long time.However, a Ukrainian official said Thursday that Russian forces had managed to establish a
bridgehead on the western bank after crossing the river.Russia's army has spent months making attempts to cross the river, which also cuts
through Kupiansk, a city recaptured by Ukraine in its 2022 counteroffensive.Additionally, the Ukrainian Air Force said it had shot down 60
Russian drones overnight Saturday and into Sunday morning.Falling drone fragments damaged houses in the Kharkiv, Sumy and Poltava regions
but no one was hurt, the air force said.In the southern Kherson region, three people were injured by drones Sunday, regional authorities
said.In the Russian-occupied section of the Kherson region, a Ukrainian drone struck a car, killing a 76-year-old woman outside her house,
Vladimir Saldo, the Russian-installed Governor, said on Telegram.In the Russian city of Engels on the Volga River, a fire caused by a
Ukrainian drone strike Wednesday on an oil depot continued to burn out, Saratov Governor Roman Busargin said on Telegram.Firefighters are
