The Ukrainian military denied on July 31 Moscow's claim that Russian forces had captured the front-line town of Chasiv Yar in Donetsk Oblast, one of the main flashpoints on the eastern front. Earlier the same day,

Russia's Defence Ministry said on Saturday its forces had captured two more villages in eastern Ukraine, including one in Dnipropetrovsk region where Moscow says its troops have begun to make advances.

At least three civilians have been killed in Russian attacks on the Ukrainian regions of Donetsk and Zaporizhzhya, authorities said on Friday. Russian drone strikes in the cities of Pokrovsk and Myrnohrad killed two men,