🏴 Capture

Russia announced it captured Ivanivka (Ivanovka), a frontline village in Donetsk Oblast 15km from Pokrovsk.

August 16, 2024 Ivanivka, Donetsk Oblast

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Kyiv Post Kyiv Independent

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Russian Armed Forces (military_unit) Russian forces (military_unit) Sergiivka (location) Pokrovsk (location) Lysychne (location) Ivanivka (location) Chasiv Yar (location) Toretsk (location) Myrnohrad (location) Donetsk Oblast (location) Vadym Filashkin (person) Andriy M. (person)

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Kyiv Post → Source tone: certain

Russia said its forces had captured Ivanivka in Donetsk, a frontline village just 15 kilometres from the Kyiv-held transport hub of Pokrovsk in east Ukraine.

Kyiv Independent → Source tone: certain

Russian forces are now only 6 kilometers (3.8 miles) away from Myrnohrad

Kyiv Independent → Source tone: likely

20,000 people remain in Myrnohrad, including around 1,000 children

Kyiv Independent → Source tone: likely

Roughly 46,000 people lived in the town before the full-scale invasion

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