Russian forces flatten village in eastern Ukraine’s Donetsk region

This drone footage obtained by The Associated Press shows the village of Ocheretyne, a target for Russian forces in the Donetsk region of eastern Ukraine/Photo: AP

MOSCOW: Russian forces claimed it gained a “foothold” in the village of Ocheretyne, with a prewar population of 3,000, Ukraine’s military said, noting that fierce fighting continues in the area as Ukrainian forces struggle to repel the Russians in Ukraine’s Eastern Donetsk region.