A block of flats destroyed in a Russian airstrike in Bakhmut, Donetsk region, eastern Ukraine, on January 19, 2023. Photo: EPA-EFE
Fighting in south Ukraine ‘sharply’ increases, Russia claims capture near Bakhmut in east
- Moscow says its forces had seized the village of Lobkove, 50km (30 miles) south of Ukrainian-held regional capital Zaporizhzhia
- The Russian army said it had also captured a hamlet near the eastern town of Bakhmut, now the epicentre of fighting
A block of flats destroyed in a Russian airstrike in Bakhmut, Donetsk region, eastern Ukraine, on January 19, 2023. Photo: EPA-EFE
