Moscow’s defence ministry published aerial footage of Rivnopollia, showing Russian soldiers waving Russian flags over several damaged village houses.
Russia occupies large swathes of the Zaporizhzhia region – one of four Ukrainian regions the Kremlin claims as its own.
Kyiv said Sunday it had hit an oil refinery in Russia’s Samara region, a day after it said it struck another refinery in a region near Moscow.
“Units of the Ukrainian Armed Forces struck the Novokuibyshevk oil refinery,” the Ukrainian General Staff said.
Ukraine has struck Russian infrastructure throughout the conflict.
In eastern Ukraine, fighting centres around control of the key logistical hub Pokrovsk, which hundreds of Russian soldiers have infiltrated in recent weeks, weakening Ukrainian defences.
Peace talks between Kyiv and Moscow are currently deadlocked, and a planned Budapest summit between US President Donald Trump and his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin did not go ahead.
Source: CNA
