The Russian Ministry of Defense announced control of two villages in the Zaporozhye region.

The Russian Ministry of Defense announced control of two villages in the Zaporozhye region.

The Russian armed forces have taken over two villages in the Zaporozhye region - Cherboni Yar and Yuliivka, the Russian Ministry of Defense reports. "The units of the Vostok Group of Forces continued to advance into the depths of the enemy's defenses and liberated the village of Cherboni Yar, Zaporozhye region," the department said in a statement issued on Wednesday.