This was reported by the Russian state news agency RIA Novosti, citing the country’s Defence Ministry.

The report said Russian troops captured the settlements ‍of Prylipka ⁠in the eastern Kharkiv region and Andriivka in the Dnipropetrovsk ​region.

This comes a day after the ministry said its forces took control of the settlement of Vilcha, also in the Kharkiv region.