The Russian military took control of the village of Vishnev in the Eastern Ukrainian region of Donetsk and continued to push Pokrovsk into a logistics hub in the Donetsk region, Reuters reported. The report said the Armed Forces of Ukraine general staff did not mention that the village was under Russian control, but reported that there had been an exchange of fire with Russian forces near the area.
The Armed Forces of Ukraine General Staff reported on Facebook that afternoon that Russian forces had carried out 19 attacks on the Pokrovsk region of Eastern Ukraine. In addition, a Ukrainian military blog posted that Vishnev had fallen and that Russian troops were advancing on another nearby village.
Vishnev is close to the strategic stronghold of Selydovo in the Donetsk region, Reuters said. Earlier, the Russian news agency and other Russian media reported that on October 29, the Russian Defense Ministry released a video showing the Russian military in the Selydovo region planted a Russian flag.