Summer campaign has led to capture of 19 settlements in south-east Ukraine, Russia says
Russian troops have taken control of 19 settlements in south-eastern Ukraine’s Dnipropetrovsk and Zaporizhzhia regions over their summer campaign, the Russian defence ministry said on Saturday.
Firefighters work at the site of the postal distribution centre of Nova Post company, hit by a Russian drone strike, amid Russia’s attack on Ukraine, in Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine, on 25th July, 2026. PICTURE: Reuters/Stringer
In a statement, the ministry cited a report by Pyotr Bolgarev, commander of the eastern group of forces. It did not name the settlements.
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Separately, the ministry said its forces had recently taken control of the settlement of Rybalskoye in Zaporizhzhia region, news agency Interfax reported.
Reuters could not independently verify the battlefield reports.
Russian advances on the frontline have slowed this year even as Moscow has intensified its ballistic strikes on Kyiv and other Ukrainian cities.
On Wednesday, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said his forces had recaptured 745 square kilometres of Russian-held land this year across the south-eastern front.