Russia said Monday it has captured a settlement in Ukraine’s Dnipropetrovsk region, the first village in the central region claimed to have come under the control of Russian troops.
The Russian defense ministry said its forces captured Dachne in Dnipropetrovsk region, where Moscow has been vying to gain a foothold for the first time during its over three-year offensive.
Dnipropetrovsk, and in particular its capital city of Dnipro, has been under persistent Russian strikes since Moscow launched the offensive in February 2022.
It is an important mining and industrial hub for Ukraine, and deeper Russian advances into the region could have a serious impact on Kyiv’s struggling military and economy.
Earlier Monday, the Ukrainian army’s general staff said its troops had “repelled” Russian attacks the day before “in the vicinity” of the village.
Dnipropetrovsk is not one of the five Ukrainian regions — Donetsk, Kherson, Lugansk, Zaporizhzhia, and Crimea — that Moscow has publicly claimed as Russian territory.
Russia used Dnipro as a testing ground for its “experimental” Oreshnik missile in late 2024, claiming to have struck an aeronautics production facility.
