Russia on Saturday claimed that its forces captured two settlements in Ukraine's Donetsk region over the past 24 hours, Anadolu News Agency reported.

In a statement, the Russian Defence Ministry said that the villages of Seredne and Kleban Byk came under Russian control following operations conducted by the Southern and Western groups of forces.

The ministry also claimed that Russian forces struck a Ukrainian military-industrial complex and temporary deployment points of Ukrainian armed formations and foreign fighters across 143 locations.