Russia says seized second village in central Ukraine
Overnight strikes between Ukraine and Russia meanwhile claimed five lives -- three in central Ukraine and two in western Russia, according to officials.
The army said its forces "liberated the locality of Maliyevka" in Dnipropetrovsk, a part of Ukraine's mining heartland, particularly for coal that powers the electricity grid.
Further Russian advances could harm Ukraine's economy and energy supplies.
Authorities have already been ordering civilians with children to flee a front line that is creeping closer.
Deeper Russian advances could mean more attacks on one of Ukraine's largest cities, Dnipro -- though Russian troops are around 200 kilometres (120 miles) away.
Dnipropetrovsk is not one of the five Ukrainian regions -- Donetsk, Kherson, Lugansk, Zaporizhzhia and Crimea -- that Moscow has publicly claimed as Russian territory.
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