Russia Denies Losing Frontline Village to Ukraine Forces

Russia said Saturday that its forces had not been pushed out of Andriivka, a village near the key frontline town of Bakhmut, a day after Ukraine said it had “liberated” the site and inflicted heavy losses on enemy troops.

Andriivka is around 14 kilometers (nine miles) south of Bakhmut in the Donetsk region, where Kyiv has been pushing back against Moscow’s forces since June.

Ukraine’s General Staff said Friday that the village was back under Ukrainian control.

But in its daily bulletin, Russia’s defense ministry said that “in the Donetsk sector, the enemy… continues to carry out…