Ukraine says recaptured territory in east, as annexation polls open

Kyiv said Friday its forces had recaptured a village in the eastern Donetsk region and territory around another war-scarred town there, as Moscow-proxies held votes on annexation by Russia.

“The Ukrainian army has retaken the village of Yatskivka in the Donetsk region,” a senior army official told reporters, adding that Kyiv’s forces had “also regained controlled over positions to the south of Bakhmut,” also in Donetsk, where voting was underway Friday in Russian-controlled territory.