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(ANSA) – MOSCOW, JULY 21 – The Russian army has taken control of two more Ukrainian villages on the front line: Andriivka, in the eastern Lugansk region, and Pishchane in the northeastern Kharkiv region. The Russian Defense Ministry announced in its daily briefing that its units had “liberated” both settlements and had “occupied more favorable lines and positions”. Last September, Ukrainian forces recaptured the village of Andriivka, which had previously fallen into Russian hands. In mid-September, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky called the liberation of the village “a significant and much-needed achievement for Ukraine in the direction of Bakhmut”. “Our soldiers liberated Andriivka. To the 3rd Shock Division, to all the forces involved, to the headquarters, commander General Syrskyi, guys, thank you all”, the head of state said. Russian forces also captured the village of Progress in the Pokrovsky district of the Donetsk region in eastern Ukraine yesterday, Ukrainska Pravda reported, citing independent Telegram channel Deepstate. The channel reported that the village was almost entirely abandoned last Friday in the face of a massive Russian attack, and yesterday there was a complete withdrawal of Ukrainian troops. (ANSA).
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