Russia-Ukraine war live: Kyiv claims capture of Donetsk village and says Russian forces suffered ‘signifiant losses’ | Volodymyr Zelenskiy

The general staff of Ukraine’s armed forces has reported that it has seized the village of Andriivka in the partially-occupied Donetsk region, and that it shot down 17 drones launched at Ukraine by Russia.

In a statement on Facebook, the general staff said of the battle around Bakhmut:

In the Bakhmut direction, the enemy does not abandon the attempt to break through the defence of the armed forces of Ukraine in the Bohdanivka area.

In their turn, the defence forces of Ukraine during the offensive actions had partial success in the…