Russia said that intense clashes have erupted since Sunday across three sectors of the front line in Ukraine, the day after it hosted an African peace mission that did not succeed in either Moscow or Kyiv.
A Russian-appointed official said Ukraine had recaptured the village of Pyatikhatki in the southern Zaporizhia region and its forces were holed up there while coming under Russian artillery fire.
"The enemy's successive attacks yielded results despite heavy losses," added the official, Vladimir Rogov, via Telegram.
The Russian Defense Ministry did not mention the village of Pyatikhatki in its daily briefing, in which it said its forces had repulsed Ukrainian attacks in three sectors of the 1,000-kilometre frontline. A separate statement from Russia's Vostok Group of Forces said Ukraine had not succeeded in capturing the village.
Ukrainian officials enforce a media blackout to bolster operational security but say Russia suffered far greater losses than Ukrainian forces in its latest offensive.
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