Russian forces have taken full control of Ukraine’s eastern Luhansk region, the Defence Ministry in Moscow claimed on Wednesday, marking a potential turning point in the grinding war.
The ministry said its troops also captured two additional settlements — Verkhnyaya Pisarevka in the Kharkiv region and Boykovo in Zaporizhzhia — as fighting continued along multiple fronts.
Ukraine has not yet responded to the claims, which could not be independently verified.