Collected photoMOSCOW, Jan 8, 2026 (BSS/AFP) - Russia said Thursday it had taken another village in Ukraine's Dnipropetrovsk region, where its troops have been advancing since summer despite Moscow not officially claiming the region. Russia's defence ministry said in a statement that Moscow's army took the village of Bratske, in the south of the Dnipropetrovsk region. Moscow announced the capture as Kyiv said Russian night-time attacks on the Dnipropetrovsk region left more than a million people without power. Russian troops entered the Dnipropetrovsk region -- which lies west of the Donetsk region -- in August last year. Moscow also occupies parts of Ukraine's north-western Kharkiv region as well as the pocket it controls in the Dnipropetrovsk region.

Source: Bangladesh Sangbad Sangstha January 08, 2026 11:17 UTC