Russia on Monday said it had seized the village of Grabovske in Ukraine’s Sumy region, from where Kyiv had last month accused Moscow of forcibly relocating dozens of residents in a “medieval raid”.<\/p>\n
The capture would mark a new advance in the northeastern region, previously largely spared from fighting since Ukraine regained land there in a swift 2022 counter-offensive.<\/p>\n
Russia’s defence ministry said on social media its troops “took control of the village.”<\/p>\n
Ukraine last month accused Russia of illegally detaining around 50 residents of Grabovske.<\/p>\n
The Ukrainian rights ombudsman said they were held incommunicado in poor conditions, before the Russians “forcibly took them to the territory of the Russian Federation”.<\/p>\n
Ukrainian Foreign Minister Andriy Sybiga compared it to “medieval raids” and demanded their return.<\/p>\n
Russia is slowly but steadily gaining ground in eastern Ukraine amid ongoing diplomacy to end the four-year war.<\/p>\n
Sumy is not one of the five Ukrainian regions Moscow claims to have annexed, but Moscow has said it is taking territory to create a “buffer zone” along the Russian border.<\/p>\n
Russia’s battlefield gains in Ukraine in 2025 were the highest since the first year of its offensive, according to AFP analysis.<\/p>\n
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\u00a9 Agence France-Presse<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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