Russia Claims New Advances Across Eastern Ukraine

Russian forces have taken full control of the eastern part of the city of Kupiansk in Ukraine's Kharkiv region and are actively advancing inside the city of Pokrovsk in the Donetsk region, Russia's Defence Ministry said on Tuesday.

The ministry also reported that its troops had taken control of the settlement of Novouspenivske in the southeastern Zaporizhzhia region.

Reuters could not independently confirm the battlefield reports.